Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 40396 41651 Osprey 1 20 92 Bald Eagle 0 54 146 Northern Harrier 11 215 550 Sharp-shinned Hawk 42 4252 9414 Cooper's Hawk 8 582 766 Northern Goshawk 0 14 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 692 697 Broad-winged Hawk 0 120 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 4 3282 3504 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 25 26 American Kestrel 2 701 1721 Merlin 1 55 119 Peregrine Falcon 0 60 94 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 7 Unknown Buteo 0 4 11 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 77 50477 77111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Jim McCoy was out for the morning and may have returned in the afternoon if it wasn't for the gate being locked by the management sometime around late morning. Expect the gate to be locked on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays for the remainder of the season. Weather: Overcast skies with calm West-northwest to West winds at 1 to 3 mph becoming Southwest by noon and then swinging around to Southeast by mid-PM. Temps. ranged from 11.7 to 13.2C. Visibility poor to fair. Raptor Observations: A slow day for migrating raptors with ominous overcast skies and light and variable winds. Non-raptor Observations: 15 species of waterfowl, including 7 FOF Tundra Swans and 13 Canvasbacks. Great Blue Heron- 24, Great Egret- 15, Black-crowned Night-heron- 3 (1 subad., 2 juv.) Black-bellied Plover- 1, Killdeer- 10, Greater Yellowlegs- 2, Dunlin- 4, Pectoral Sandpiper- 11, Mourning Dove- 35, presumed Common Nighthawk- 1 (McMcoy only, before 0800 EST), Chimney Swift- 2, Hairy Woodpecker- 1, Northern Flicker- 8, Horned Lark- 615, Tree Swallow- 20, N. Rough-winged Swallow- 1 (getting late), Blue Jay- 225, Am. Crow- 2,350, Eastern Bluebird- 22, Am. Robin- 805, Am. Pipit- 1,230 (good count), Cedar Waxwing- 720, Common Yellowthroat- 1 HY-m (lingering), Lapland Longspur- 10+, Snow Bunting- 1, Purple Finch- 48, House Finch- 50+, Am. Goldfinch- 1,950, Other: Monarch- 1. Predictions: Mostly cloudy skies with AM rain showers possible. Northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 13C. Chance of rain around 60%. Raptors should begin to move once things dry out a bit. ======================================================================== 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/
