Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1489 5333 6588 Osprey 1 5 77 Bald Eagle 3 18 110 Northern Harrier 1 34 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 187 1011 6173 Cooper's Hawk 22 102 286 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 10 Broad-winged Hawk 1 84 18256 Red-tailed Hawk 7 44 266 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 64 163 1183 Merlin 3 18 81 Peregrine Falcon 2 25 59 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: 1780 6843 33476 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Visitors: Sadly, not a single visitor on this beautiful, brisk fall day. Claude Radley stopped by briefly before heading over to the raptor banding station for the day. Weather: Overcast to partly cloudy skies with strong West to West-northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph, and gusts in excess of 30 mph, throughout the AM. Winds dropping back to 10 to 15 mph for a better part of the PM. Temps. ranged from 10.9 to 14.7C. Visibility excellent from start to finish. Raptor Observations: As expected, there was a good flight of vultures. Kestrels were relatively numerous as well. However, Buteos were lacking. Non-raptor Observations: Reduced species detections/diversity with such strong winds. Very few birds flying up through mid-morning. Bald Eagle- 4 deemed as locals, Chimney Swift- upwards of 55, Blue Jay- 1,650, Brown Thrasher- 2 (local pair), Indigo Bunting- 1, Am. Goldfinch- 495, Other: Monarch- 30. Predictions: Partly to mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain showers late in the day. Southwest winds at 5 to 15 mph. High of 16C. Chance of rain around 50%. More vultures can be expected with a smattering of Merlins and Peregrines. ======================================================================== 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/
