Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2130 2581 2739 Osprey 1 7 76 Bald Eagle 8 15 55 Northern Harrier 64 92 415 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1048 1526 5301 Cooper's Hawk 61 93 241 Northern Goshawk 5 5 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 9 10 Broad-winged Hawk 60 67 7902 Red-tailed Hawk 63 92 236 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 351 390 1679 Merlin 6 12 81 Peregrine Falcon 6 14 33 Unknown 0 2 10 Total: 3808 4907 18786 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Claude Radley, Dan Lumm, Jim McCoy, Teri Miracle Visitors: Steve Kopacz helped with the count. Thanks. Weather: 11.2 C - 14.6 degrees C; 100%-90% cloud cover; wind N 8-15 mph (mostly too much); visibility 28+ km; flight height Merlins above ground and water level (harriers too) to the limit of unaided vision. Did I mention too much wind. Raptor Observations: Good flights! Two of every species except Golden Eagle with zero. TVs were all over the sky. Sometimes they looked like so many scattered eight balls after the break on a pool table. First Rough-legged Hawks - both Dark morph with solid blackish on body and underwings. They were in with TVs. Good Sharpie and Kestrel numbers. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Let's do it again! Looks like same winds but slower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
