Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 727 1255 1255 Osprey 0 72 72 Bald Eagle 3 92 92 Northern Harrier 25 335 335 Sharp-shinned Hawk 455 5162 5162 Cooper's Hawk 24 184 184 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 215 18172 18172 Red-tailed Hawk 52 222 222 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 84 1020 1020 Merlin 1 63 63 Peregrine Falcon 1 34 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 6 6 Unknown Buteo 1 7 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 1589 26633 26633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: Only 7 visitors made it to the Tower today despite the nice fall-like weather and prospects of a good flight. Among the 7 were Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner, Rene Kielbasa, Dean Porter, and Rachael Sussman. Weather: Low overcast skies through late AM with considerable clearing through PM. Mostly clear skies from 1400 to 1600 EST. Northwest to North-northwest winds at 5 to 15 mph with some gusts in excess of 20 mph. Temps. ranged from 8.2 to 12C. Visibility excellent for most of the day. Raptor Observations: As expected, there was a sizeable flight of raptors today, predominantly Vultures and Sharpies. First considerable flight of Turkey Vultures this season. Vulture kettles started passing by late morning and continued through the afternoon. Likely the final significant push of Broadwings this season with a total of 215. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl including 2 FOF Canvasbacks and a putative flock of 60 Atlantic Brant. Black-crowned Night-Heron- 3, Bald Eagle- at least 6 locals, Killdeer- 5, Greater Yellowlegs- 1, Common Nighthawk- 4, Chimney Swift- 12, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 30+, Barn Swallow- 2+, Blue Jay- 31,000+, Am. Pipit- 3, Cedar Waxwing- 70, Few warblers on the ground; only 6 species recorded. Indigo Bunting- 1, Purple Finch- 6, Am. Goldfinch- 2,820, Other: Monarch- 15. Predictions: Clear skies with West-northwest to West winds at 5 mph. High of 17C. Flight should continue into tomorrow, but not in the numbers seen today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([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/
