Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 225 225 Osprey 3 84 84 Bald Eagle 0 74 74 Northern Harrier 2 242 242 Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 4103 4103 Cooper's Hawk 1 48 48 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14176 14176 Red-tailed Hawk 0 114 114 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 677 677 Merlin 5 63 63 Peregrine Falcon 1 16 16 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: 62 19824 19824 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Paolo Divila from Michigan visited the tower. Weather: Temperature started out at 21.9 and climbed to 28 degrees by 11:00 a.m. South winds at 10 km/h shifted to to Southwest and increased to 40 km/h. Mainly clear skies turned cloudy with no precipitation. Raptor Observations: 7 raptor species today including 3 falcon species. Several local Bald Eagles where up over the marsh and along shore. Non-raptor Observations: 2 solitary sandpipers where working pond shoreline NE of tower. Wilson's Snipe flew past tower to the N. 1,300 Blue Jays for the day. Predictions: Front moving through will bring chance of pricipitation early and cooler temperatures. Tomorrow may bring favorable winds for a nice variety of raptors ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm () 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/
