Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 37 698 43705
Osprey 0 0 94
Bald Eagle 1 12 161
Northern Harrier 29 66 655
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 114 9634
Cooper's Hawk 13 67 877
Northern Goshawk 0 3 21
Red-shouldered Hawk 43 87 845
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292
Red-tailed Hawk 275 844 4902
Rough-legged Hawk 3 9 14
Golden Eagle 4 20 65
American Kestrel 2 7 1740
Merlin 1 1 121
Peregrine Falcon 1 3 102
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: 448 1935 81254
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:15:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Justin Bosler
Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Martin Blagdurn, Mike Fitzpatrick,
Olga Klekner
Visitors:
Many thanks to Jim McCoy, Mike Fitzpatrick, Martin Blagdurn, and Olga
Klekner for their spotting assistance today.
Weather:
Overcast to mostly cloudy skies with North to Northeast winds at 5 to 15
mph (gusts to 20 mph). Temps. ranged from 9.3 to a high of 11.8 C, despite
it feeling much cooler. Visibility was good to excellent throughout the
day.
Raptor Observations:
A nice and diverse flight of raptors for 10 November, including all 3
regular falcons. Red-tailed Hawks made up a majority of the flight today
with greater than 95% of those being adults. Fair numbers of Northern
Harriers and Sharp-shinned Hawks, especially the latter for the second week
of November. Additional highlights include 3 light (although 1 quite
heavily-marked) morph Roughlegs and 4 Golden Eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
15 species of waterfowl, including 224 Tundra Swans (may have been upwards
of 251),
Sandhill Crane- 1,
Bald Eagle- 2 (resident pair),
Killdeer- 2,
Horned Lark- 205,
Am. Crow- 20,000+,
Eastern Bluebird- 3+,
Am. Robin- 115,
Am. Pipit- 50,
Cedar Waxwing- 81,
Am. Tree Sparrow- 10,
Song Sparrow- 1,
Swamp Sparrow- 1,
Lapland Longspur- 4+,
Purple Finch- 8,
Common Redpoll- 1 (FOF, calling flyover),
Pine Siskin- 4+,
Am. Goldfinch- 735.
Predictions:
Mostly sunny skies with Northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 12C. Looks
like another good day setting up for tomorrow. Undoubtedly a better flight
than today with a productive combination of sun and steady Northeast winds.
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Report submitted by Justin Bosler ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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