Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 177 184 761
Osprey 8 18 152
Bald Eagle 4 6 105
Northern Harrier 18 35 575
Sharp-shinned Hawk 209 276 7587
Cooper's Hawk 17 28 305
Northern Goshawk 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18357
Red-tailed Hawk 2 6 240
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 7
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 3 1103
Merlin 5 13 85
Peregrine Falcon 19 31 60
Unknown 1 2 14
Total: 462 603 29356
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Claude Radley, Don Wiens
Observers: Claude Radley, Don Wiens, Janina Radley, Jim McCoy,
Rene Kielbasa
Visitors:
>From Thunder Bay, Detroit and Harrow.
Weather:
Rain showers, heavy at times until 9:30 then mostly cloudy until mid
afternoon. Brisk S-SW winds decreasing after noon. Overcast and cool until
mid watch when the sun started to poke through, the winds died and it
became decidedly warm on the tower.
Raptor Observations:
When the rain quit the sharpies started moving but the highlight of the day
was the 19 Peregrines that made their way South along the beach.
Non-raptor Observations:
30,310 Blue Jays were counted along with 370 Goldfinches and 150+ tree
swallows.
Predictions:
The forcasters say that patchy fog in the morning will give way to sunny
skies for the majority of the day. Winds will start out of the ENE and
veer to the S by the end of the watch. It will be cool in the morning but
decidedly warm for early October by late morning.
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Report submitted by Claude Radley ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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