Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 19 168 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 183 9703 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 1 2103 6161 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 107 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 3809 83128 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Janina Radley, Karen Padbury Visitors: The Padburys from Windsor spent an hour on the tower. Weather: Sunny to begin with increasing cloud ahead of the advancing cold front. Light to moderate SW winds. Temps climbed from an early morning low of 6 to a high of 11C. Raptor Observations: A slow day with only three raptors making the grade. One of the local adult Bald Eagles flushed thousands of ducks from the marsh. Looking for birds wounded by the local hunters? The local immature Peregrine had a little competition from a very white breasted adult Peregrine that took over the perch on the Eagle tree an relegated the immature to a shrub on the island. Both birds ignored a transient immature Peregrine that streaked West low over the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Not much moving today. Tundra Swans - 37 Common Loon - 7 American Robin - 1 American Goldfinch - 43 European Starling - 184 Brown-headed Cowbird - 18 Northern Flicker - 1 Predictions: West winds, sunshine, good visibility and single digit temperatures behind tonight's cold front may bring a few more birds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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/
