Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 348 3844 5099 Osprey 0 4 76 Bald Eagle 4 15 107 Northern Harrier 4 33 368 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 824 5986 Cooper's Hawk 12 80 264 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 10 Broad-winged Hawk 7 83 18255 Red-tailed Hawk 0 37 259 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 27 99 1119 Merlin 2 15 78 Peregrine Falcon 3 23 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6 Unknown Buteo 0 1 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 467 5063 31696 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Gerald Peltier Visitors: One grade school group of 48, led by Bev Wannick, in addition to 5 other visitors, including Gerald Peltier. Weather: Mostly cloudy to overcast skies with calm South-southeast winds at 0 to 3 mph throughout the AM, then turning Southeast, and occasionally East-southeast, in the PM and increasing to 4 to 7 mph. Temps. ranged from 12.5 to 16.7C. Visibility was good. Raptor Observations: Aside from the small movement of vultures it was a fairly uneventful day for raptors. Non-raptor Observations: 11 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-Heron- 1, Common Moorhen- 6+ (lingering), Bald Eagle- at least 4 locals, Killdeer- 167, Lesser Yellowlegs- 6, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER- 1 (calling flyover shortly after noon), Common Nighthawk- 1, Chimney Swift- 6, Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 1 (late), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 2, Tree Swallow- 1,000+ (numbers up slightly from yesterday), N. Rough-winged Swallow- 5, Blue Jay- 44,350, Brown Thrasher- 2 (local pair), Am. Pipit- 138, Cedar Waxwing- 113, Warblers noted include Magnolia(3+), Palm(2) Yellow-rumped(50+), and Common Yellowthroat(2). Indigo Bunting- 3, Dark-eyed Junco- 2, Purple Finch- , House Finch- 17, Am. Goldfinch- 2,385, Other: Monarch- 25. Predictions: Mostly cloudy skies with AM rain showers possible. Strong West to West-northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph. High of 14C. Chance of AM rain around 90%. A decent flight should materialize once this strong frontal system moves off to the east. ======================================================================== 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/
