Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 9 815 43822 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 15 164 Northern Harrier 2 86 675 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 161 9681 Cooper's Hawk 4 114 924 Northern Goshawk 2 6 24 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 314 1072 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 70 1878 5936 Rough-legged Hawk 0 20 25 Golden Eagle 5 41 86 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 1 121 Peregrine Falcon 1 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: 104 3470 82789 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Jim McCoy, Rene Kielbasa, and Olga Klekner came out to help spot for a little. John Craft also stopped by in the afternoon. Weather: Clear to partly cloudy skies with calm East-northeast winds early on becoming East-southeast and Southeast at 1 to 7 mph for the remainder of the day. Temps. ranged from 8.5 to a high of 12.5 C. Visibility was excellent throughout the day. Raptor Observations: A slow, but steady flight of Redtails with a smattering of the others. All 5 Golden Eagles were way off to the north as were the Turkey Vultures. One of the eagles was tailing a swift moving pack of 7 vultures. The Redtail flight was mainly over the campground and along the north edge of the marsh. The flight height was generally low, aside from a few exceptions. Non-raptor Observations: 14 species of waterfowl, including flock of 13 Tundra Swans. Bald Eagle- 2 (resident pair), Killdeer- 1, Dunlin- 1, Wilson's Snipe- 1, Bonaparte's Gull- 88, Horned Lark- 25+, Am. Crow- 90, Yellow-rumped Warbler- 3, Common Yellowthroat- 1 (possible recent arrival), Lapland Longspur- 3+, Purple Finch- 2, House Finch- 3, Pine Siskin- 2, Am. Goldfinch- 240. A few butterflies around as well, only Commas identified. Predictions: More unseasonably warm weather under mostly sunny skies. South winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 15C. Probably fewer raptors than today, with most, if not all, passing well to the north. ======================================================================== 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/
