Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1828 1828 2908 Osprey 6 6 114 Bald Eagle 7 7 104 Northern Harrier 28 28 365 Sharp-shinned Hawk 482 482 6097 Cooper's Hawk 18 18 118 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1 Broad-winged Hawk 168 168 15650 Red-tailed Hawk 32 32 220 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 93 93 1194 Merlin 1 1 74 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 27 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 2665 2665 26877 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 17:45:00 Total observation time: 11.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Sarah Rupert Visitors: A few park visitors plus Sarah Rupert, Dwayne Murphy, and 4th-graders, parents, and teachers from St. Pius X in Tecumseh, Ontario led by Beverly Wannick. Weather: Mostly clear with NW winds 8-12 km/hr picking up in the afternoon. Temps. ranging from 10 to 21C. Raptor Observations: The season's first decent flight of Turkey Vultures. A fair number of Sharp-shins were moving with adults now picking up in number. Also several Harriers, Red-tails, and Broad-wings mixed in amongst the Vultures. The day's highlight was watching a juv. Peregrine blast through a few Blue Jay flocks before finally knocking a Jay down into the marsh and then picking it off just above the water's surface. The same bird (it had a mis-placed primary poking up on the left wing) came flying back through about 45 mins. later with a half-full crop and still chasing Blue Jays around the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Total Blue Jay count was 9,015 with many moving late in the day. Also a few small groups of Pine Siskins totaling 15, 9 Am. Pipits, Indigo Bunting, and 2 C. Nighthawks. Predictions: Cold, wet, and windy. Rain showers with NE winds 30 km/hr in the afternoon. High of 13C. Winds are good but unless the rain clears, very little expected in the way of migrant raptors. ======================================================================== 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/
