Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 815 43822 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 15 164 Northern Harrier 0 86 675 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 161 9681 Cooper's Hawk 0 114 924 Northern Goshawk 0 6 24 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 315 1073 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 12 1890 5948 Rough-legged Hawk 0 20 25 Golden Eagle 1 42 87 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 1 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 103 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 15 3485 82804 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Karen Padbury Visitors: Over 40 visitors to the tower today, too bad I couldn't show them much. Larry Ludwicki of Troy MI stuck it out to the bitter end, Werner Hohenwald and his wife from Brampton spent a couple hours until I asked them if they had seen the Phainopepla - then they left for home to look for it. Chris Spagnuolo, a student passerine bander, came up just in time to pick up the Golden Eagle. Anne Difiori and Gabriele Pluhari and their husbands from Grosse Pointe MI; Jerry from Essex; Derrick and Cameron from Tilbury; John & Zilka Joseph from Ann Arbor, MI; 3 Toronto residents formerly from the Windsor area, and lots of area residents. Weather: Sunny, warm at 11 - 17 C, mostly calm winds out of the S or SE. Raptor Observations: Very slow day with 15 raptors. First raptor not seen until 11:10 am, and none seen after 2:00 pm. Highlight was a sub-adult Golden Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Also very little other migration: 5 Northern Flickers; 14 European Starlings; 1 Blue Jay; flock of approximately 15 American Goldfinch. Predictions: Winds out of the NNW are predicted, which may bring in a few more birds than today. Also cloudy and a high of 13 C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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/
