Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5 12 12 Osprey 5 11 11 Bald Eagle 1 4 4 Northern Harrier 3 13 13 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 35 35 Merlin 3 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 36 90 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Chris Craft, Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Jim Pawlicki Visitors: Ken & Teo Lascut from Oakville and over 40 residents of Windsor and Essex County stopped in Weather: Sunny, warm, mostly clear skies, winds variable primarily westerly and south-westerly, and steady barometric pressure Raptor Observations: 35 individuals of 9 species - hightlight was an Osprey that circled about 5 metres above the tower at least 6 times and diving for fish in the nearby trout pond Non-raptor Observations: A steady flow of passerines with 32 species including all 6 swallows (including Purple Martin), 10 warbler species and at least 4 flycatcher species. Predictions: Cloudy, potential for rain in am, winds out of the south, warm with temperature up to 28C ======================================================================== 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/
