Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 199 39535 40790 Osprey 0 19 91 Bald Eagle 1 51 143 Northern Harrier 5 191 526 Sharp-shinned Hawk 60 4151 9313 Cooper's Hawk 9 560 744 Northern Goshawk 0 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 685 690 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 8 3189 3411 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 24 25 American Kestrel 3 698 1718 Merlin 0 53 116 Peregrine Falcon 1 59 93 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: 286 49357 75990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Olga Klekner, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Six visitors in all, including Donna Bedard of Toronto, Olga Klekner, Rene Kielbasa, and 3 biologists from Pelee Island. Weather: Mostly to partly cloudy skies with South-southeast to Southeast winds at 1 to 7 mph becoming East-southeast by 1400 EST. Temps. ranged from 12.8 to about 16C. Visibility reduced to less than 15 km by persistent haze. Raptor Observations: Small kettles of Turkey Vultures continued to pass despite the winds. A slight up-tick in Sharpies from previous two days. A few Redtails decided to move later in the day. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-heron- 2 juv., Great Egret- 10, Common Moorhen- 2, Killdeer- 38, Wilson's Snipe- 2, Bonaparte's Gull- 5, Chimney Swift- 25+ (as many as 25 in view at once, good count for date), Eastern Wood-Pewee- 1, Horned Lark- 1,345 (several flocks numbering 100 to 200 birds), Tree Swallow- 50+, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 10, Blue Jay- 2,440, Am. Crow- 80, Eastern Bluebird- 20+ (few more heard but not seen) Am. Robin- 155, Am. Pipit- 75, Cedar Waxwing- 91, Purple Finch- 15, House Finch- 39, Am. Goldfinch- 3,575. Predictions: Mostly cloudy skies with rain showers possible after noon. Southwest winds at 10 to 15 mph. High of 15C. Chance of rain around 40%. Raptors will likely stay put ahead of the advancing frontal system. ======================================================================== 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/
