Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 24 48 48
Osprey 3 36 36
Bald Eagle 12 23 23
Northern Harrier 24 81 81
Sharp-shinned Hawk 148 732 732
Cooper's Hawk 5 28 28
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 155 155
Red-tailed Hawk 0 29 29
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 66 150 150
Merlin 1 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown 6 6
Total: 287 1297 1297
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Bob Pettit, Dan Mennil, Dorothy McLeer,
Jim McCoy
Visitors:
Visiting birders and photographers from: Bloomfield Hills, MI, Moffat (near
Milton) ON, Windsor, ON, Northville MI, and others from throughout Essex
County.
Weather:
Overcast most of the day with temperatures ranging from 20C - 26C. Winds 7
- 14 km/h mostly out of the N or NE until afternoon when they switched to
NW and then S.
Raptor Observations:
The weather conditions were perfect for a big BW day, but only 4 seen all
day. Bald Eagles were the feature of the day with 12 in total and 10
immature birds between Noon and 1 p.m. The height of flight was very high
most of the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
The non-raptor highlight of the day was two Solitary Sandpiper in the pond
at the base of the tower. There was also a steady stream of hundreds of
Monarch Butterfly every hour all day through the whole range of height of
flight, even up with the Turkey Vultures.
Predictions:
The forecast is for rain all day with N to NE winds up to 15 km/h. Could be
a good Merlin and Peregrine day.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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