Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 17 94 94
Osprey 2 64 64
Bald Eagle 8 73 73
Northern Harrier 17 210 210
Sharp-shinned Hawk 326 3519 3519
Cooper's Hawk 4 89 89
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 2345 17170 17170
Red-tailed Hawk 9 104 104
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 36 713 713
Merlin 4 36 36
Peregrine Falcon 1 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 2769 22091 22091
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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: Bob Pettit, Claude Radley, Jack Boxer, Jim McCoy,
Olga Klekner, Richard Guillet
Visitors:
A total of about 80 visitors to the Tower today including, among others,
Jack Boxer, Richard Guillet, Jim McCoy, Bob Pettit, Olga and Roland
Klekner, Claude Radley, and Wayne and Sylvia Telasco. Bev Wannick
introduced a 7th grade school group from Malden Centre to hawkwatching at
Holiday Beach; group numbered approximately 25 students and 5
teachers/chaperones.
Weather:
Clear to mostly and partly cloudy skies. North-northwest winds at 1 to 3
mph rotating to West-southwest and even Southwest by late AM. Winds
increasing to 5 to 10 mph and becoming North to Northeast by 1230 EST.
Gusty Northeast winds (up to 20 mph) over final hour. Temps. climbed from
13 to about 25C.
Raptor Observations:
A fairly good day overall. Very slow start, aside from a continuous
movement of Sharpies by mid-morning, but raptors really started moving by
early afternoon when winds rotated to the North and Northeast and
increased. Best Broadwing hour, at 1,112, between 1500 and 1600 EST. A
juvenile Peregrine hung around for a few hours and even picked off and
devoured a Blue Jay on a nearby perch before continuing on.
Non-raptor Observations:
11 species of waterfowl,
Black-crowned Night-heron- 3,
Bald Eagle- 8 locals,
Shorebirds included Black-bellied Plover(1), Killdeer(8), Greater
Yellowlegs(1), and Solitary Sandpiper(1).
Chimney Swift- 53,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 16,
Least Flycatcher- 1,
Blue Jay- 12,340+,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 1,
Philadelphia Vireo- 1,
Red-eyed Vireo- 1,
Poor morning flight of warblers. Very few on the ground. Possible
hatch-year Mourning Warbler seen briefly in mixed species flock.
Cedar Waxwing- 104,
White-throated Sparrow- 4,
Purple Finch- 10,
American Goldfinch- 430,
Other:
Monarch- 65,
Numerous dragonflies today.
Predictions:
Clear to partly cloudy skies with Northeast to East-northeast winds at 5 to
8 mph. High of 22C. There should be another significant flight tomorrow.
And, just a reminder that the Festival of Hawks continues through the
weekend with a daily Raptor ID workshop, raptor and passerine banding and
adoption, hours of enjoyable hawkwatching from the Tower, and plenty of
food. I hope to see you out there.
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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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