I know a lot of birders were monitoring the track of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan for the possibility of some pelagic birds appearing in Ontario, but so far nothing.
It appears that neither storm has produced anything of interest in the Great Lakes Region, since the eye of the storms never really arrived here and / or the storms fell apart too early. However, south of Ontario there has been widepsread inland sightings of pelagic birds associated with both Frances and Ivan. The most northerly sighting I located for anything associate with Frances was a dead Sooty Tern found on a mountain road in eastmost Kentucky. For some interesting (recent) reports associated with Hurricane Ivan, here as some direct links: North-central Alabama: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ALBD.html#1095392176 Alabama / Georgia border: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ALBD.html#1095456456 If nothing else it demonstrates the potential when the remnents of a Hurricane arrives in your area -- something to think about when the next one arrives in Ontario (maybe later this fall?). Alan Wormington, Leamington ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 17 19:31:00 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 E19B348245 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:30:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 14027 invoked by uid 525); 17 Sep 2004 23:25:10 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 17 Sep 2004 07:09:10 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (17 Sep 2004) 4019 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:31:00 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 425 425 Osprey 7 150 150 Bald Eagle 3 52 52 Northern Harrier 23 145 145 Sharp-shinned Hawk 170 1711 1711 Cooper's Hawk 5 49 49 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 3715 12651 12651 Red-tailed Hawk 6 56 56 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 84 298 298 Merlin 2 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 4019 15565 15565 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Dave Mendus, Jeff Schultz, John Elliot, Lathe Claflin Weather: Today saw mostly overcast conditions from a low-pressure system sitting to the southeast of the state, a remnant of Hurricane Ivan. Winds were strong out of the north-northeast. Observations: The flight was substantial although much of it was to the south of the count area early in the day. By mid morning the first large Broad-wing kettles began to form and continued for much of the remainder of the day. These groups were coming straight out of the east and then turning south over the watch. Although many of the birds were high, I think most of the visitors were able to get impressive looks of kettles swirling overhead, perhaps a harbinger of even larger movements in the days ahead. Flying amid the Broad-wing groups was an adult light morph SwainsonÂ’s Hawk, the first recorded this season. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
