Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 14772 15512 Osprey 0 12 109 Bald Eagle 1 29 80 Northern Harrier 7 203 633 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 2143 6580 Cooper's Hawk 1 237 421 Northern Goshawk 0 1 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 20 20 Broad-winged Hawk 0 473 7728 Red-tailed Hawk 0 397 557 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 4 American Kestrel 0 279 2033 Merlin 0 32 109 Peregrine Falcon 1 23 88 Unknown 4 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3 Total: 18 18626 33891 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jack Boxer Observers: Claude Radley Weather: Cool and overcast with light Southeast winds. Raptor Observations: Very little movemnet today. Non-raptor Observations: Migrants included 550 Red-winged Blackbirds and 175 Blue Jays. Dozen of large flocks of ducks came into the marsh from the Northwest totalling more than 4,000 birds. Three Greater Yellowlegs were present. Predictions: Rain in the morning giving way to showers in the afternoon. Brisk Southeast winds with the temperature remaining fairly steady near 12C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
