Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 19 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 1 16 165 Northern Harrier 3 96 685 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 176 9696 Cooper's Hawk 11 127 937 Northern Goshawk 1 8 26 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 160 2082 6140 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 2 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 105 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: 225 3765 83084 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Jim McCoy was out to help spot for a little over two hours. Herb and Hanna Siefer, of Kitchener, stopped by to enjoy the most fruitful hour. Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy skies with gusty Northeast to East-northeast winds at 10 to 20 mph, and gusts in excess of 30 mph. Temps. climbed from 4.5 to a high of 10.5 C. Visibility was good. Raptor Observations: A few raptors were up and moving by 0830 EST, if not earlier. A nice push of raptors in the 1000 to 1100 hour, with 121 tallied, including 86 Redtails. The flight came to a screeching halt by about noon. A much reduced, but steady, movement of Redtails throughout the afternoon. Most raptors were between the "Point" and the shoreline; however, a good number of them still cut to the north to circumnavigate the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: About 13 species of waterfowl, including 75 Tundra Swans. Bald Eagle- 2 (residen pair), Peregrine Falcon- 1 (local imm.), Am. Crow- 4,800, Yellow-rumped Warbler- 1, Lapland Longspur- 5, Snow Bunting- large flock of 100+ (disappeared before counted), Pine Siskin- 4+, Am. Goldfinch- 175. Predictions: Partly cloudy skies early becoming mostly cloudy later on with a chance of rain showers. East-southeast winds at 10 to 15 mph. High of 12C. Chance of rain around 50%. There might be a light flight in the morning before it clouds over in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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/
