Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 2 19 168 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 182 9702 Cooper's Hawk 0 131 941 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 338 1096 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2102 6160 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 106 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: 5 3806 83125 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwiki Visitors: Eric Durkin and his son Blair from Oshawa visited for an hour. Fortunately it was the hour with the Eagles. Weather: A beautiful day for the end of November with clear skies, 5 - 7 C temperatures, and light winds, unfortunately the winds were out of the SW or SSW. Raptor Observations: 5 birds total with 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk and 2 Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: There was at least some passerine and other migration today including: 3 Great Blue Heron; 18 Tundra Swan; 2 Northern Flicker; 3 Brown Creeper; 3 Cedar Waxwing; 12 American Crow; 16 Common Grackle; 116 Eurasian Starling; 29 Red-winged Blackbird; 38 American Goldfinch; and 4 flocks of mixed Blackbirds with 140 birds. Predictions: Cloudy skies with the possibility of showers in the afternoon, temperature of 2 - 8 C, but winds out of the wrong direction again at WSW of 10 - 20 km/hr. ======================================================================== 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/
