Hello birders,
Today on Lake Temiskaming the winds were so powerfull that at times it
was hard to stand up. At 3pm today I found a raft of 14 Red Throated
Loons moving south down the lake and eventually out of site by 4ish. I
began to watch Herring and Ring Billed Gulls on the beach when an
Adult Pomarine Jeagers came over my head and attacked the gulls. The
Jeager then took off chasing a Ring Bill and out of site. The Pomarine
Jeager was seen at the Haileybury Beach Hotel as I was standing on the
pier.
Anthony Miller
Temiskaming Shores
Haileybury,Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds]
HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (16 Oct 2005) 11658 Raptors
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 11402 71501 73016
Osprey 3 25 233
Bald Eagle 6 42 138
Northern Harrier 4 102 477
Sharp-shinned Hawk 90 1919 7599
Cooper's Hawk 12 245 422
Northern Goshawk 2 18 20
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 316 320
Broad-winged Hawk 0 103 91086
Red-tailed Hawk 122 1738 2099
Rough-legged Hawk 6 19 19
Golden Eagle 2 10 10
American Kestrel 6 165 1722
Merlin 0 10 63
Peregrine Falcon 0 23 43
Unknown 0 0 0
Prairie Falcon 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10
Total: 11658 76238 177278
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Jeff Schultz
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus
Weather:
Today was overcast for the most part but with some extended sunny periods.
Winds were moderate to fairly strong from the west.
Raptor Observations:
The passage today was a bit more along a defined flight line compared to
yesterdays broadly spread movement. Many of the impressively large groups
of TVs, particularly later in the afternoon, were directly over the
onlookers at the boat launch. Similar to yesterday, a modest amount of
other raptors were mixed in with the vultures, although we did get some
excellent views of birds, in particular one very cooperative dark morph
Rough-legged Hawk. Interestingly the season total for Turkey Vultures as
it sits right now is just 870 birds from our record season set in 2003.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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