Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 16 55 55 Osprey 6 53 53 Bald Eagle 0 23 23 Northern Harrier 17 74 74 Sharp-shinned Hawk 865 1564 1564 Cooper's Hawk 3 32 32 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 19 39 39 Red-tailed Hawk 2 74 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 69 304 304 Merlin 8 27 27 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 1005 2254 2254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 17:30:00 Total observation time: 11.25 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: A few park visitors and locals including Rene Kielbasa, Olga Klekner, and Jim McCoy. Weather: Clear with light SW winds in the morning becoming hot mid-day with a high of 27C. The wind then picked up out of the west 12-15 km/hr in the afternoon and cooled things off a bit. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shins started pouring through from 10 am to 1 pm DST before the flight slowed presumably due to the light winds and heat that allowed many to move inland. The season's first large group of Broad-wings (14) glided through N of the tower at 3 pm DST. Non-raptor Observations: A few including 5 C. Nighthawks, 21+ Ruby-thr. Hummingbirds, Philadelphia Vireo, and 9 sp. of Warblers (Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackpoll, C. Yellowthroat, Black-thr. Blue, Palm, Pine, Blackburnian, Nashville). Predictions: Sunny with northwest winds 20 km/hr with a high of 23C. Should be a good day considering the the NW winds should push birds close to shore. ======================================================================== 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/
