Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 125 800 800 Osprey 3 106 106 Bald Eagle 1 93 93 Northern Harrier 9 312 312 Sharp-shinned Hawk 182 5293 5293 Cooper's Hawk 4 88 88 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 12 15398 15398 Red-tailed Hawk 4 182 182 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 26 1019 1019 Merlin 3 71 71 Peregrine Falcon 4 23 23 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 2 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 375 23389 23389 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Quite a few today including Dawn Hewitt and Bill Lorton from Bloomington, Indiana, Dinny and Neil Himmo from Muskoka, Ontario, and Robert Riggs and Mary Ann Spicer from Pataskola, Ohio. Also Lance Peters, Rene Kielbasa, and the season's first enthusiastic 6th graders and accompanying teachers and parents from Lakeshore Discovery School in Tecumseh, Ontario led by ERCA's Beverly Wannick. Also a special thanks to Carloine Staddon for sponsoring today as a "Day of HBMO Research" in honour of her friend Patricia Wilkinson's 50th birthday. Weather: Mostly clear with comfortable temps. ranging from 12 to 21C. Winds were S 5-8 km/hr. picking up out of the ESE 8-12 km/hr. in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A fairly steady stream of Sharp-shins plus a few kettles of Turkey Vultures. The highlight was 4 Peregrines (2 ad., 2 juv.) with 3 of the 4 passing in the 3-4 pm DST hour. Non-raptor Observations: A big moving day for Blue Jays with 26,728 tallied. There was a constant "river of Jays" from the start of the count to about 12:00 DST with an average of 80 passing/minute. Other notables included 9 Rusty Blackbird, 13 sp. of Warblers inc. Orange-crowned, and 4 C. Nighthawks. Predictions: Sunny becoming a mix of sun and clouds late in the morning. Wind SW in the morning switching to N 20 km/hr in the afternoon. High of 22C. If the north wind holds there should be a good afternoon flight. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki ([email protected]) 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/
