Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 27 2445 35077
Osprey 0 0 111
Bald Eagle 0 14 109
Northern Harrier 8 378 1157
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 295 9385
Cooper's Hawk 14 146 723
Northern Goshawk 0 9 23
Red-shouldered Hawk 36 333 409
Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 7730
Red-tailed Hawk 505 2296 3418
Rough-legged Hawk 1 19 25
Golden Eagle 8 27 37
American Kestrel 0 4 2106
Merlin 0 5 121
Peregrine Falcon 1 8 109
Unknown 10 29 40
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3
Total: 613 6010 60583
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.75 hours
Official Counter: Betty Learmouth
Observers: Carl Latta, Eveyln Fisher, Ian Woodfield, Jim McCoy,
Mercer Patriarche
Visitors:
Four visitors from Toronto area visited in the afternoon along with their
hostess from Kingsville, ON.
Weather:
Winds today were light from the Northeast with cloudy conditions until mid
morning, then clearing with some haze. Clouds returned in the early
afternoon and the temperatures dropped as a front predicted to bring rain
to the region moved in.
Raptor Observations:
A good steady stream of raptors, predominately Red-tailed hawks, from 10
a.m. to mid afternoon. Highlights were a single Peregrine Falcon that
circled the tower several times, eight high flying Golden Eagles and a
single Rough-legged Hawk. Thank you to our spotters.
Non-raptor Observations:
A few flocks of crows passed the tower.
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Report submitted by Betty Learmouth ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
