Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 66 66 Osprey 4 57 57 Bald Eagle 7 30 30 Northern Harrier 34 108 108 Sharp-shinned Hawk 534 2098 2098 Cooper's Hawk 1 33 33 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1268 1307 1307 Red-tailed Hawk 11 85 85 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 89 393 393 Merlin 8 35 35 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: 1967 4221 4221 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: About a dozen people showed up today with most able to experience the late morning Broad-wing flight. Jim McCoy, Chuck Sharbaugh, and Rene Kielbasa helped out with the count at various times. Weather: Clear skies and cool in the morning with light N to NW winds. Things started warming up fast in the early afternoon with SSW winds pushing birds inland and slowing down the flight by 4:30 pm DST. Raptor Observations: The season's first flight of Broad-wings with 1,258 tallied from the 10 am to 1 pm DST hours. A fair number of Sharp-shins, Kestrels, and Harriers were also mixed in while a few migrant Bald Eagles also put in an appearance. Non-raptor Observations: 16 sp. of Warblers this morning (Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Palm, Yellow-rump, Black-thr. Blue, Black-thr. Green, Nashville, N. Parula, Chestnut-sided, Yellow, Am. Redstart, Magnolia, Wilson's, Black-and-white, C. Yellowthroat, N. Waterthrush), plus fly-by juv. Red-headed Woodpecker and the season's first Blue-headed Vireo and fly-over Am. Pipits (3+). Predictions: Clear with light N winds in the morning switching to S and then E by the afternoon. High of 22C. Not ideal for large numbers of Broad-wings, but raptors should be on the move. ======================================================================== 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/
