Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 2564 35665 Osprey 0 0 111 Bald Eagle 0 29 124 Northern Harrier 2 411 1195 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 301 9814 Cooper's Hawk 0 169 759 Northern Goshawk 1 14 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 416 492 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 7730 Red-tailed Hawk 16 3124 4247 Rough-legged Hawk 0 24 30 Golden Eagle 1 53 63 American Kestrel 0 4 2113 Merlin 0 5 122 Peregrine Falcon 1 11 114 Unknown 29 40 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 28 7156 62650 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Eveyln Fisher, Jim McCoy, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Caroline Staddon visited this afternoon. Weather: Mostly cloudy in the morning becoming mostly sunny in the pm. Light S-SE winds with temp near 10C. Raptor Observations: Another slow day but not without it's highlights. A Peregrine, after sitting on the the eagle tree for half an hour, flushed and took a Green-winged Teal. An immature Golden Eagle spent half an hour harrassing Red-tailed Hawks along the northern tree line before heading west. An adult Golden made a brief appearance over the trout pond before heading back east (and avoiding the count). The last bird of the day was an immature Goshawk that came in across the marsh before perching in the lodge woods. Non-raptor Observations: Not much passerine movement. The marsh contained the same species as yesterday. A Great Horned Owl was in the pine woods across from the park entrance. Predictions: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers in the morning increasing to 50% in the afternoon. Warm, with the morning temp 10 C rising to 14 in the afternoon. South winds at 20 kpm. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
