Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 17 166 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 181 9701 Cooper's Hawk 1 131 941 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 338 1096 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2100 6158 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 3 3800 83119 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Jim McCoy, Sarah Rupert Visitors: Jim McCoy and Sarah Rupert came out to help spot for a few hours apiece. Olga Klekner stopped by in the afternoon for a short bit. Weather: Partly cloudy skies early becoming mostly cloudy by noon and overcast by early PM. East to East-southeast winds at 3 to 10 mph. Temps. ranged from about 7 to a high of 10.2 C. Visibility was generally poor all day as a result of the persistent haze. Raptor Observations: Both adult Redshoulders in the 1000 to 1100 hour. Non-raptor Observations: Tundra Swan- 11, Bald Eagle- 2 (resident pair), Horned Lark- 135+, Am. Crow- 30, Lapland Longspur- 15+, Snow Bunting- 100+ (flock of ~100 and a couple singles), Purple Finch- 1, Pine Siskin- 2, Am. Goldfinch- 105. Predictions: Cloudy skies with some patchy AM fog. South wind at 5 to 10 mph. High of 11C. There's a good chance that not one raptor will be moving tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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/
