Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 4 4 Osprey 1 3 3 Bald Eagle 0 3 3 Northern Harrier 4 15 15 Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 66 66 Cooper's Hawk 2 11 11 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 35 89 89 Red-tailed Hawk 6 14 14 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 2 2 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 94 208 208 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy, Randy Holland Visitors: Windsor family Weather: Mostly sunny, 17 - 25C, light winds mostly out of NE. Raptor Observations: 94 birds of 7 species, almost half were Sharp-shinned. Non-raptor Observations: Swallows and Swifts were about the only other species migrating. Predictions: Essentially the same forecast as today's actuals. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
