Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 144 39336 40591 Osprey 0 19 91 Bald Eagle 0 50 142 Northern Harrier 1 186 521 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 4091 9253 Cooper's Hawk 4 551 735 Northern Goshawk 0 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 685 690 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3181 3403 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 24 25 American Kestrel 2 695 1715 Merlin 0 53 116 Peregrine Falcon 1 58 92 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 168 49071 75704 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Jim McCoy and Rene Kielbasa stopped by in the early afternoon to see how slow it was for themselves. Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy skies with South-southwest to South-southeast winds at 1 to 7 mph, but averaged about 4 to 5 mph. Temps. ranged from 10.5 to 13.5C. Visibility was reduced by haze and considered fair at best. Raptor Observations: A lift off of 58 Turkey Vultures around 0930 EST was the raptor highlight of the day. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl, Common Loon- 2, Black-crowned Night-heron- 2 juv., Great Egret- 9, Common Moorhen- 3+, Killdeer- 107, Greater Yellowlegs- 1, Pectoral Sandpiper- 11 (one westbound flock of 8), Wilson's Snipe- 3, Chimney Swift- 8 (seems late), Horned Lark- 332+ (first significant movement), Tree Swallow- 30+, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 10+, Blue Jay- 3,155, Am. Crow- 220, Am. Robin- 68, Am. Pipit- 110+, Cedar Waxwing- 162, Snow Bunting- 1 (heard only; FOF) Purple Finch- 2, House Finch- 20, Am. Goldfinch- 3,410. Predictions: Mostly sunny skies with South-southwest winds at 5 to 15 mph. High of 20C. Slight chance of a passing shower in the early AM. Some beautiful weather to look forward to, but likely a lackluster day from a raptor migration perspective. ======================================================================== 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/
