Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2008
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Turkey Vulture               0            608          21080
Osprey                       0              0             48
Bald Eagle                   1              7             93
Northern Harrier             1             48            221
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0             89           3519
Cooper's Hawk                0             32            181
Northern Goshawk             0              2              5
Red-shouldered Hawk          0            136            232
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0           8953
Red-tailed Hawk              0            764           1615
Rough-legged Hawk            0              9             12
Golden Eagle                 1             77            121
American Kestrel             1              3            594
Merlin                       0              3             36
Peregrine Falcon             0              2             30
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              5
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1

Total:                       4           1780          36746
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 13:00:00 
Total observation time: 5 hours

Official Counter:        Todd Pepper

Observers:        Jim McCoy, Randy Holland, Theresa Clark

Visitors:
2 birders from Leamington, a beginning birder from Amherstburg, a beginning
birder from Michigan, a couple from Michigan as well as a few regulars.


Weather:
Strong south-west winds between 20 & 40 km/hr, temperature between 7 & 8C,
cloudy.

Raptor Observations:
4 Raptors of 4 species in the first two hours only.

Non-raptor Observations:
Fairly constant movement of Red-winged Blackbirds; 1 Killdeer.

Predictions:
95% chance of sprinkles, winds out of west 20 - 30 km/hr, high of 5C.
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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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