Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 21 661 43668 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 11 160 Northern Harrier 4 37 626 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 75 9595 Cooper's Hawk 2 54 864 Northern Goshawk 0 3 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 44 802 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 17 569 4627 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 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 3 14 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 44 1487 80806 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Olga Klekner Visitors: Olga Klekner was out for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Weather: Overcast skies with persistent haze throughout the day. South-southwest to Southwest winds at 1 to 6 mph (less than 3 most of the day). Temps. ranged from 12 to a high of 14 C. Visibility was reduced significantly by haze; from 5 to 8 km. Raptor Observations: A very slow day with only 6 raptors before noon. Things picked up a little in the 1200 to 1300 EST hour (32 raptors), but quickly returned to a trickle, at best. One imm. Red-shouldered Hawk was eastbound along the shoreline (not counted). Non-raptor Observations: 13 species of waterfowl, Bald Eagle- 2 (resident pair), Killdeer- 1, Horned Lark- 675, Am. Crow- 110, Am. Pipit- 145, Cedar Waxwing- 50, Am. Tree Sparrow- 6, Song Sparrow- 1, Swamp Sparrow- 1, Lapland Longspur- 5+, Rusty Blackbird- 20+, Purple Finch- 2, Am. Goldfinch- 220. Predictions: Overcast to partly cloudy skies with a chance of isolated sprinkles before noon. North-northeast winds at 10 to 15 mph. High of 13C. Chance of rain around 30%. After a few days of less than ideal migration conditions, there should be a nice push of raptors with the return of northerly winds. ======================================================================== 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/
