Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 946 981 38892 Osprey 0 0 40 Bald Eagle 7 7 168 Northern Harrier 9 24 445 Sharp-shinned Hawk 87 149 5602 Cooper's Hawk 3 5 174 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 20 25 219 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7325 Red-tailed Hawk 173 194 1205 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 3 Golden Eagle 3 4 11 American Kestrel 2 6 1433 Merlin 2 3 58 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22 Unknown Buteo 0 0 45 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Raptor 0 0 9 Total: 1254 1401 55703 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Dave Martin, Kory Renaud, Linda Wladarski Visitors: There were 23 visitors that made it to the tower on a beautiful day at Holiday Beach Conservation Area. Weather: It was a mostly sunny day with light to moderate winds that began from the northwest and finished from the west. The temperature ranged from 5 - 9 C and visibility was good all day. Raptor Observations: (3) Golden Eagles were observed today. A light morph Rough-legged Hawk flew by the tower at close range in the morning. Turkey Vulture numbers (946) were the highest they have been in well over a week. (173) Red-tailed Hawks were also coming through in good numbers today. (87) Sharp-shinned Hawks, (20) Red-shouldered Hawks, (9) Northern Harriers, (7) Bald Eagles and (3) Coopers Hawks were observed. (2) American Kestrels, (2) Merlin and a Peregrine Falcon all flew past the tower today. An Osprey is still around. Non-raptor Observations: A Tufted Titmouse was heard singing first thing in the morning. It did not seem as though there were as many ducks around the marsh today. There was not much activity in general below the tower today aside from a few Northern Cardinals. American Crows - 830 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49654593 Predictions: Winds are forecast to begin from the east tomorrow morning and are expected to shift to the southeast for the remainder of the day. There will be a mix of sun and clouds and a high of 10 C . ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Evans (c...@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
