Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 3208 8728 9983
Osprey 3 10 82
Bald Eagle 5 25 117
Northern Harrier 10 47 382
Sharp-shinned Hawk 339 1513 6675
Cooper's Hawk 22 139 323
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 8 13
Broad-winged Hawk 1 85 18257
Red-tailed Hawk 26 70 292
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 3 4
American Kestrel 115 308 1328
Merlin 11 33 96
Peregrine Falcon 9 35 69
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: 3755 11005 37638
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Bob Pettit, Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner,
Justin Bosler, Lisa Silvey, Sarah Rupert
Visitors:
Many visitors today from Ontario, Michigan and Indiana including: Dennis &
Gwen Patrick from the Peregrine Foundation; annual visitors Larry, Lisa and
John from Fort Wayne, Indiana; Anne Smith and Jackie Copland from Flat
Rock, MI; John & Chris Craft from MI; and various families and other
interested persons throughout the day.
Weather:
Clear skies, moderate north-west to south-west winds, temperature from 7.4
to 14.8 degrees.
Raptor Observations:
A good Turkey vulture day with over 3,200 birds, and a good falcon day.
Also a steady movements of Sharp-shinned.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of species on the move today, a good sign for tomorrow's "Big Sit".
Notable were 50 Killdeer, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Chimney Swift, 3 species
of Swallow, almost 10,000 Blue Jay and over 850 American Goldfinch.
Predictions:
Mostly clear skies with west winds up to 15 km/hr and temperatures from 2 -
9 degrees.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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