Interested Parties, LPBO has already been recording a fair number of Pine Siskins and Purple Finches this fall, particularly in the past week. White-winged Crossbills were heard flying over Old Cut on the 10th and heard and seen on the 11th. Yesterday evening, the 12th, there was an Evening Grosbeak at Old Cut.
Weekly Updates of the bird activity at Long Point are posted on our sightings board at http://www.bsc-eoc.org/lpbo/sightings.html. Stu Mackenzie Landbird Programs Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory/ Bird Studies Canada From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 13 16:55:39 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 613F347ECB for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:55:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 32038 invoked by uid 525); 13 Oct 2004 20:54:05 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13 Oct 2004 04:10:05 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (13 Oct 2004) 141 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:55:39 -0000 Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 6736 7972 Osprey 0 6 75 Bald Eagle 0 11 41 Northern Harrier 2 23 210 Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 1205 4925 Cooper's Hawk 10 96 181 Northern Goshawk 1 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 28 34 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 27843 Red-tailed Hawk 12 247 465 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 3 104 1324 Merlin 0 15 48 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 12 Unknown 33 45 83 Total: 141 8523 43217 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Betty Learmouth Observers: Carl Latta, Jim Crozier, Sylvia Telasco, Wayne Telasco Visitors: Today's visitors were from Michigan and Essex County. Weather: A cool morning with light winds from the North under cloudy conditions with some light rain showers through the morning. At noon the winds swtiched to the Southwest. Observations: The peak hours of migration were between 10:00a.m. and 12:00 a.m. EST with a variety of species. The Northern Goshawk flying past the tower at 11:15 a.m. EST was a highlight of the morning. Banders Jason Sodergren, Kathy Evans, Dorothy and Gary Balkwill brought two beautiful after second year Northern Goshawks for release at the tower. This is the first time the banders have trapped two individuals of this species in one morning. A mixed flock of passerines including one Dark-eyed Junco, a single White-crowned Sparrow, fourteen White-throated Sparrows, three Song Sparrows, several Chipping Sparrows and a single female Eastern Towhee foraged around the hawk tower throughout the morning. Jim Crozier tallied 1,820 Blue Jays today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Betty Learmouth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
