Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 225 225 Osprey 2 79 79 Bald Eagle 0 72 72 Northern Harrier 8 234 234 Sharp-shinned Hawk 95 3994 3994 Cooper's Hawk 4 47 47 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 14174 14174 Red-tailed Hawk 1 114 114 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 24 641 641 Merlin 1 57 57 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12 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: 140 19651 19651 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: John Craft, Frank Dolby, and Todd Pepper. Weather: Calm with rain in the early morning after which things cleared up with light SW winds the rest of the day. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shins along with a few Kestrels and Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: A few Warblers around including Yellow, 2 Wilson's, Magnolia, and C. Yellowthroat. Also 600 Blue Jays, 1 juv. Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 Brown Thrashers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, and a fly-by juv. Black-bellied Plover. Predictions: Cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Wind strong SW 30 km/hr with a high of 30C. Probably not much happening. ======================================================================== 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/
