Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 86 2052 39963 Osprey 0 0 40 Bald Eagle 3 25 186 Northern Harrier 1 49 470 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 204 5657 Cooper's Hawk 7 31 200 Northern Goshawk 0 1 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 17 107 301 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7325 Red-tailed Hawk 96 656 1667 Rough-legged Hawk 4 7 8 Golden Eagle 1 6 13 American Kestrel 0 8 1435 Merlin 0 6 61 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22 Unknown Buteo 0 6 51 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Raptor 0 1 10 Swainson's Hawk 1 2 2 Total: 218 3165 57467 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Kory Renaud Visitors: 8 visitors were at the tower today including, John Barnes, Chip and Dana from Colchester, and Kory Renaud. Weather: It was mostly cloudy to start the day with light winds from the west and a temperature around 3 C. Temperatures warmed slightly, cloud cover increased and the winds shifted to the southwest in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A light morph adult SWAINSON'S HAWK was observed today, the second in just over the past week!! An adult Golden Eagle flew over the tower today and circled above before moving on. 4 light morph Rough-legged Hawks were observed. (96) Red-tailed Hawks and (17) Red-shouldered Hawks were also coming through in good numbers. Most of this action took place between 10:00 am and noon. Non-raptor Observations: An all white gull was observed today. ID TBD. 2 Common Goldeneye were observed on the lake. The marsh had thawed and many more ducks were around today. In addition, a huge raft of ducks was observed far on out on the lake, too far to positively ID. Ebird checklist pending. Predictions: Winds are expected from the north overnight and into tomorrow with some mixed precipitation in the morning and cloudy skies in the afternoon. The temperature will begin around 0 C but should warm as the day progresses. ======================================================================== 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
