Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 707 707 1962 Osprey 1 1 73 Bald Eagle 2 2 94 Northern Harrier 8 8 343 Sharp-shinned Hawk 163 163 5325 Cooper's Hawk 24 24 208 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 5 Broad-winged Hawk 13 13 18185 Red-tailed Hawk 7 7 229 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 30 30 1050 Merlin 3 3 66 Peregrine Falcon 3 3 37 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6 Unknown Buteo 0 0 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 961 961 27594 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Andrew Davis, Jim McCoy Visitors: Only 4 visitors made it out to the Tower today, and among those were Jim McCoy, Andrew Davis, and Dean Porter (OH). Weather: Clear, cloudless skies in place through early PM. Clouds building in from off of the lake starting around 1300 EST. Light Northwest winds at 1 to 2 mph early on soon turned West and then Southwest at 2 to 7 mph, and eventually South, with a touch of Southeast, at 1 to 3 mph by about 1400 EST. Temps. ranged from 7.5 to 16.5C. Visibility excellent for most of the day. Raptor Observations: Another sizeable flight of Vultures, but smaller numbers of other raptors. Non-raptor Observations: An endless stream of BLUE JAYS starting early and petering out into the afternoon and totaling 158,300 easily surpassed the previous high count for the season on 24 Sep (110,800). 12 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-Heron- 2, Bald Eagle- 5 locals, Killdeer- 64, Solitary Sandpiper- 1, Common Nighthawk- 2, Chimney Swift- 10, Red-bellied Woodpecker- 3 (westbound migrants) Hairy Woodpecker- 1 (first this season) BLUE JAY- 158,300 (new season high), Am. Pipit- 34+, Cedar Waxwing- 176, Few warblers on the ground, but ; as many as 9 species noted with at least 1 Yellow and 1 Cape May. Indigo Bunting- 2+, Rusty Blackbird- 1 (FOF), Purple Finch- 22+, House Finch- as many as 52 (flock of 25 believed to be this species vs. PUFI; mostly silent) Am. Goldfinch- 2,335, Other: Monarch- 24. Predictions: Overcast skies with rain showers likely. Some clearing possible through the PM hours. Southeast winds at 10 to 15 mph in the AM switching to Southwest at 15 to 20 mph later in the day. High of 16C. Chance of rain around 100%. Risk of a t-storm in the PM. ======================================================================== 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/
