Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 28 640 43647
Osprey 0 0 94
Bald Eagle 2 11 160
Northern Harrier 0 33 622
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 75 9595
Cooper's Hawk 3 52 862
Northern Goshawk 0 3 21
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 44 802
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292
Red-tailed Hawk 67 552 4610
Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 11
Golden Eagle 0 16 61
American Kestrel 0 5 1738
Merlin 0 0 120
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 101
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 8
Unknown Buteo 2 3 14
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 113 1443 80762
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Rene Kielbasa
Observers: Bob Pettit
Visitors:
very good turn out of young famillies...future naturalistes.many complaints
of locked entry gate!!!
welcome to larry ludwicki...future observer with hbmo.
Weather:
Early morning haze lifting resulting in indian summer day.Extreme lite
breeze initially southerly then to south/south-easterly remainder of the
day.This resulted in a relatively slow raptor count event.
Raptor Observations:
Hot hour..high noon to 13:00 hrs.
.. 67 red-tails
..no falcons
..few accipiters
.. fewer eagles
Non-raptor Observations:
fair representation of waterfowls..including ruddy duck (2)
song birds..pipits
...e. bluebird
...p.finch
..a. goldfinch
..h.lark
am.. crow
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Report submitted by Rene Kielbasa ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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