Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 34 34 Osprey 7 38 38 Bald Eagle 0 15 15 Northern Harrier 5 40 40 Sharp-shinned Hawk 52 112 112 Cooper's Hawk 8 27 27 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 13 13 Red-tailed Hawk 1 68 68 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 9 129 129 Merlin 0 10 10 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6 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 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 86 493 493 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Jim McCoy, Todd Pepper Visitors: Quite a few came out for the first day of the festival despite the forecast, including many of HBMO's members. Weather: Starting off clear with clouds moving in and rain coming down by 2 pm DST. Winds were light out of the SE with temps. ranging from 16 to 21C. Raptor Observations: A decent flight of Sharp-shins, but with few other raptor species mixed in. A juv. male Peregrine came through in the morning and chased some of the ducks in the marsh before continuing west. Non-raptor Observations: Many of what appeared to be yesterday's Warblers were still around and were fairly cooperative giving good looks. Otherwise not many to report other than the season's first Ruby-crowned Kinglets and 7 fly-by Black-crowned Night-Herons. Predictions: Should be better. Today's showers will be ending overnight giving way to sunny skies with cloudy periods. Winds will be NW 15 km/hr with a high of 24C. Festivities will continue tomorrow (see: http://www.hbmo.org/Festival_of_Hawks_2009.pdf for details), so stop out if you can! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ Directions to site: Entering Canada from Detroit at the Ambassador Bridge: After Canadian Customs, stay left 50 yards, passing over the railroad tracks. You are now on Huron Church Road leading to Highway 401 and Highway 3. Continue east 3.8 miles to the intersection with Todd and Cabana roads. Go through the intersection, staying to the right. In less than 100 yards the main road splits; 401 and 3 continue to the left as the main road and Huron Church narrows and angles to the right. Follow Huron Church right for 0.5 miles to Disputed Road. After angling a right turn onto Disputed Road, travel south. PLEASE OBEY SPEED LIMITS, they aer usually monitored. At 4 miles Disputed Road intersects with Townline Road, and the name changes to Concession 5. Continue south 5 miles and Concession 5 "T"'s with South Townline Road. Turn left and travel east 0.2 miles, turning right (south) onto Concession 6. Continue south for 3.4 miles to the intersection with Highway 20 at Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. There is a restaurant/convenience/gas store on the southeast corner of the intersection. Go through the intersection south onto Route 50 for 1.3 miles. The entrance to the Holiday Beach Conservation Area is on the right. Pay entry fee and continue to the Hawk Tower at the south end of the park. Park vehicle and walk to the tower. West bound on Routes 401 and 3 Howard Avenue, Route 9, intersects Routes 401 and 3 east of Windsor. Take Howard Avenue south to Highway 20 ("T"'s) and turn right (west) traveling (about 2 miles) to Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. A restaurant/convenience/gas store is on the left. Turn left (south) on to Route 50 for 1.3 miles; the entrance to HBCA is on the right. _______________________________________________ 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/
