Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 94 415 43422 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 1 6 155 Northern Harrier 6 21 610 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 31 9551 Cooper's Hawk 8 26 836 Northern Goshawk 0 3 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 23 781 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 25 299 4357 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 7 Golden Eagle 1 3 48 American Kestrel 2 4 1737 Merlin 0 0 120 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 100 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7 Unknown Buteo 1 1 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 147 835 80154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Olga Klekner Visitors: Olga Klekner came out to help spot for a few hours. Weather: Overcast to mostly cloudy skies with South-southeast to Southeast winds at 2 to 7 mph. Temps. ranged from 5.3 to a high of 8C. Visibility improved from fair to good. Raptor Observations: Started off very, very slow, but picked up slightly into the afternoon. Some early afternoon clearing was just enough for the vultures and Redtails. The westbound flight line was along the north edge of the marsh, and the flight height was generally low. Non-raptor Observations: A slow day for migration all-around. 15 species of waterfowl, including 3 Bufflehead, 1 Hooded Merganser, and a flock of Red-breasted Merganser. Bonaparte's Gull- 10, Am. Crow- 260, Horned Lark- 25, Am. Robin- 15, Am. Pipit- 80, Lapland Longspur- 6+, Purple Finch- 4, Pine Siskin- 1, Am. Goldfinch- 185. Predictions: Mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of a passing rain shower. West to West-northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph. High of 9C. Chance of rain around 30%. A flight may develop if the winds maintain a northerly component and do not exceed 15-20 mph. ======================================================================== 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/
