Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 160 39244 39402 Osprey 0 15 84 Bald Eagle 0 50 90 Northern Harrier 16 376 699 Sharp-shinned Hawk 42 5515 9290 Cooper's Hawk 19 530 678 Northern Goshawk 0 28 29 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 544 545 Broad-winged Hawk 0 130 7965 Red-tailed Hawk 96 3721 3865 Rough-legged Hawk 0 37 37 Golden Eagle 0 32 32 American Kestrel 1 726 2015 Merlin 0 45 114 Peregrine Falcon 1 31 50 Unknown 0 95 103 Total: 337 51119 64998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Karen Padbury Visitors: A very quiet day today on the tower.... Thanks to the trio from Tennesse and the few others who came out in spite of the "un-cooperative" winds today. Weather: Unseasonably warm (though the morning was cool), with bright sun, and very light W / WSW winds most of the day. Not a cloud to be seen. A beautiful fall day for the people, but not ideal "flying" weather for the hawks. Raptor Observations: Upon arrival at the tower this morning I spied an adult Perigrine Falcon perched on the "eagle trees" having breakfast. The falcon spent 3 hours on the tree before leaving the marsh. Remainder of the day was slow in raptor movement. Redtails and Sharp-shinned Hawks were the hawks of the day, posting the largest numbers. Our resident adult Bald Eagle was seen hunting over the marsh this morning. And two separate sighting of resident immature Bald Eagles were also noted today. Non-raptor Observations: Blackbird species and American Crows continue to move thru in large numbers. Also noted today (in no particular order) were: Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chikadee, Hairy Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, Blue Jays, American Gold Finch, and American Robin. In the first hour 4 Tundra Swans migrated through over the marsh. Believe it or not 3 Monarch Butterflies were also spotted from the tower late in the afternoon. Predictions: Ditto... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
