Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 6 30 30
Osprey 18 55 55
Bald Eagle 14 44 44
Northern Harrier 30 141 141
Sharp-shinned Hawk 338 2221 2221
Cooper's Hawk 3 45 45
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 6924 8345 8345
Red-tailed Hawk 7 50 50
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 145 480 480
Merlin 11 29 29
Peregrine Falcon 1 9 9
Unknown Accipiter 1 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 7498 11456 11456
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Justin Bosler
Observers: Fred Urie, Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner, Rene Kielbasa,
Richard Guillet, Roland Klekner
Visitors:
About 24 visitors to the Tower today including, among others, Jim McCoy,
Olga and Roland Klekner, Richard Guillet, Rene Kielbasa, Claude and Nina
Radley, and Fred Urie.
Weather:
Mostly to partly cloudy skies with some lingering haze. Northwest to
Southwest winds at 0 to 7 mph. Calm to light onshore winds from late
morning on. Upper level winds with apparent Northwesterly component. Temps.
ranged from 19 to 26C.
Raptor Observations:
In summary, it was a very exciting day for raptor migration at Holiday
Beach. Excellent flight of Broadwings today with the greatest numbers
between 0900 and 1200 EST (3,405) and again between 1400 to 1600 EST
(3,473). Remarkable number of Kestrels(145) passing in small pulses most of
the day. Equally as exciting was a burst of Merlin activity in the last 2
hours.
Non-raptor Observations:
11 species of waterfowl,
American Bittern- 1,
Black-crowned Night-heron- 2,
Bald Eagle- 5 locals,
Shorebirds included American Golden-Plover(2 juvs. in AM), Killdeer (16),
Greater(3) and Lesser(1) Yellowlegs, Soliatary Sandpiper(1), and Wilson's
Snipe(1).
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 49,
Chimney Swift- 50,
Blue Jay- 2,850+,
Swainson's Thrush- 1,
Wood Thrush- 1,
American Robin- 17,
American Pipit- 2,
Blue-headed Vireo- 1 (FOF),
Red-eyed Vireo- 1,
Large morning flight of warblers. One flock moving through in the morning
contained Tennessee(1), Nashville(5+), Northern Parula(3), Yellow,
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia(15+), Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped,
Black-throated Green, Blackburnian(2), Bay-breasted(1), PALM(1),
Blackpoll(3+), Black-and-white(2), and Wilson's(3) Warblers and American
Redstart and Common Yellowthroat(3). Highlight was FOF Western Palm
Warbler.
Cedar Waxwing- 522 (largest flock ~90 birds),
Bobolink- 5,
Purple Finch- 1,
American Goldfinch- 750,
Other:
Monarch- 156,
Fair number of dragonflies today.
Predictions:
Clear to partly cloudy skies with Northeast winds at 10 to 15 mph. Slightly
cooler with a high of 21C. Stronger northerly winds should produce an even
better Broadwing flight than today.
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Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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