Hi everyone, Today (Sunday, October 10) at 3:00 p.m. I observed a dark Ibis (Plegadis sp., age unknown) at the northwest section of Hillman Marsh. I saw it from the Mersea Road 2 bridge that goes over Hillman Creek, just opposite the entrance to the Hillman Marsh Conservation Area. The bird circled low over the marsh and pond on the west side of the bridge for a few minutes and then flew northward and out of sight. I searched for it to the north and also eastward to Wheatley Harbour but with no luck.
Thanks, Ian Richards Burlington, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Oct 10 21:32:02 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E26547EB1 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:32:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 27382 invoked by uid 525); 11 Oct 2004 01:30:09 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 Oct 2004 09:10:09 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds] HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (10 Oct 2004) 12826 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:32:03 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 12131 26709 31039 Osprey 2 11 228 Bald Eagle 5 32 175 Northern Harrier 6 21 304 Sharp-shinned Hawk 122 1170 5529 Cooper's Hawk 49 91 304 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 17 43 90 Broad-winged Hawk 1 7 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 463 925 1740 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 3 4 American Kestrel 26 88 967 Merlin 0 4 45 Peregrine Falcon 3 11 30 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 12826 29116 225840 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:15:00 Total observation time: 10.25 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Alan Ryff, Calvin Brennan Weather: Today was another clear blue day with virtually no clouds. Winds were generally light from the north throughout the day bearing a bit more to the northeast in the afternoon. Observations: The vulture masses were on the move early and continued all day long, not letting up until the 6 oclock hour. It was apparent early on that the day had the potential of being a record breaker and certainly this notion proved to be true. The 12,131 tallied today shattered the old single day mark of 8,988 established on12 October a year ago. Particularly impressive were two hours each in excess of three thousand birds, perhaps single hour records in their own right. Other highlights of the day included the best movement of Red-tails and Coopers Hawks so far this fall as well the first Rough-leg tallied for the season, a light morph individual. Also encouraging was that more than half of the 17 Red-shoulders seen today were juveniles, perhaps a hopeful trend. As seen in recent seasons at this site, there have been a disturbingly low proportion of juveniles to adults recorded for this species. Long-billed Dowitcher =======================================================================Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
