Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1735 25901 26059 Osprey 2 13 82 Bald Eagle 8 37 77 Northern Harrier 21 229 552 Sharp-shinned Hawk 313 3523 7298 Cooper's Hawk 49 220 368 Northern Goshawk 3 16 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 82 182 183 Broad-winged Hawk 4 129 7964 Red-tailed Hawk 368 1404 1548 Rough-legged Hawk 3 7 7 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 6 645 1934 Merlin 5 23 92 Peregrine Falcon 2 20 39 Unknown 11 17 25 Total: 2612 32367 46246 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Ed Pitts, Janina Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: Thanks to Ed Pitts from Zanesville, Ohio for his able assistance. Weather: Overcast with a brief period of light drizzle in the morning. Moderate N-NNE winds. Temperature in the mid teens. Better visibility and higher cloud ceiling than yesterday. Raptor Observations: Favourable North winds and good visiblilty made for a good movement of raptors today. Still awaiting our first Golden Eagle but all the other regular migrants showed up today. Non-raptor Observations: 2600 Blue Jays were counted. Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sora rail, Black-crowned Night Heron, Goldfinches, Greater Yellowlegs and thousands of ducks were evident. Predictions: Another cloudy day with the chance of some drizzle. Winds will be moderate and out of the Northeast. Temperatures in the mid teens. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
