Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 20 21 21 Osprey 7 25 25 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 12 30 30 Sharp-shinned Hawk 33 100 100 Cooper's Hawk 8 8 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 12 60 60 Red-tailed Hawk 2 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 13 13 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 5 5 5 Total: 101 281 281 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Ted Harms Visitors: Visitors from near and far today. With the holiday weekend we had brief visits to the tower from many picinicers and campers. Our visitors who signed in were Ted Harms from IL, Bev Murray and Scott Sullivan from Mexico, Mary Lynn and Michael Baillargeon from Windsor, and Rodolfo Pazma. Many thanks to all who visited for helping a "slow day" go by. Weather: Day two of the hawk count brought clear blue skies, winds variable but less than 2 mph the entire day, and lots of sun. Temps started at 17.4 C and went up to 28.1 C in the last hour. Raptor Observations: A slow day in Raptor movement due to the combination of weather conditions and the early date. We saw a suprising number of Turkey Vulture that appeared to be moving thru today. Just a spattering of other hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Song birds were everywhere in the Marsh today. Many American Gold Finch, Cedar Wax Wings, Barn Swallows and Red Winged Black Birds. We had a few Belted King Fisher, a singing Carolina Wren, several Chimney Swifts, and the song bird of the day a Yellow Bellied Fly Catcher. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([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
