Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 120 272 272 Osprey 2 106 106 Bald Eagle 11 85 85 Northern Harrier 49 339 339 Sharp-shinned Hawk 729 5683 5683 Cooper's Hawk 19 189 189 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 134 17405 17405 Red-tailed Hawk 16 165 165 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 160 939 939 Merlin 7 47 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 16 16 Unknown 6 6 Total: 1247 25256 25256 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Bob Pettit, Steve Greidanus Visitors: The tower was packed with visitors from the start of the watch to the end. Many old friends and many new helped with the count. Thanks to Dan and Steve for the great job welcoming visitors and counting. Weather: Morning cloud giving way to sunshine, mild temps and SW-NW winds were the order of the day Raptor Observations: A good showing of raptors for the first day of the Hawk Festival. The raptor banders were busy in the morning with numerous Sharp-shinned hawks being netted. Non-raptor Observations: The blue tied continued with Jays winging West. A decent fallout of passerines in the park overnight provided the banders with ample birds for their banding demonstaration and the adoption program. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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
