Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 1 1 Osprey 18 18 18 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 18 18 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 67 67 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 48 48 48 Red-tailed Hawk 16 16 16 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 12 12 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Total: 180 180 180 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 05:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Pettit, Claude Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: Carolyn Staddon, Ron Prescorn of Dearborn, MI, and several family groups. Weather: Clear and sunny. Temp 14.5 - 26 C. Light winds mostly out of the N or NE until mid-afternoon when they switched to SSW. Raptor Observations: Good Osprey day with 18 birds, most of which came in over or near the tower. Non-raptor Observations: A Whimbrel on the gabion stone near the creek outlet first thing in the morning. Predictions: Same as today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
