Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 96 30779 31519 Osprey 0 14 111 Bald Eagle 0 43 94 Northern Harrier 2 310 740 Sharp-shinned Hawk 50 4228 8665 Cooper's Hawk 3 360 544 Northern Goshawk 1 6 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 69 69 Broad-winged Hawk 0 473 7728 Red-tailed Hawk 9 721 881 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 0 2 6 American Kestrel 4 332 2086 Merlin 0 38 115 Peregrine Falcon 1 34 99 Unknown 5 11 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 3 Total: 166 37421 52686 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit, Todd Pepper Observers: Dan Lumm, John Winebrenner, Tim Smart, Todd Pepper Visitors: Tennessee Trio: Phyllis Coble, Jeanece Seals, Theresa Lindsey. Fort Wayne group: John Wienbrener, Lisa Silvey Weather: Rain most of the time. Windy all of the time. Clouds all of the time. Temp 5 C, Visibiltiy 10 km or less. Barometer steady 29.4 mm Hg. Wind west 8-24 mph. Raptor Observations: A few sharpies and vultures on north horizon. A few Red-tails join fewer Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: Good passerine and non-raptor observations. Pied-billed Grebe, cormorant, G Blue Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, N. Pintail, N. Shoveler, Gadwall, A. Wigeon, Ruddy Duck, A. Coot, R-billed Gull, Herring Gull, E Phoebe, Blue jay, A Crow, G-c Kinglet, R-c Kinglet, E Bluebird, Swainson's Thrush, A Robin, A Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, E Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, N Cardinal, Chipping Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blkbird, C Grackle, A Goldfinch Predictions: Partly cloudy 30%-50% with wind WNW to W 10-17 mph. Temp. 7° C - 9° C ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
