Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2532 18908 19988 Osprey 2 17 125 Bald Eagle 4 28 125 Northern Harrier 19 172 509 Sharp-shinned Hawk 104 2751 8366 Cooper's Hawk 86 221 321 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 40 95 96 Broad-winged Hawk 4 650 16132 Red-tailed Hawk 107 379 567 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 11 308 1409 Merlin 1 18 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 2910 23574 47786 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Jim McCoy, Len Jones Visitors: Just a few today including Jim McCoy, Len Jones, Shane Butnari, and 7 staff members from Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden, Michigan out on their staff development day. Weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 21C. Winds were N in the morning switching to light SW in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A good showing of Red-tails, Red-shouldereds, Sharp-shins, and Cooper's in the morning on the N winds. There was a brief lull in the afternoon once the wind switched to SW, although several large kettles of Turkey Vultures continued to move through out over the treeline NE of the tower. Perhaps the last Broad-winged Hawks of the season went by within a few mixed Buteo kettles in the morning. The two local juv. Ospreys along with 3 of the local juv. Bald Eagles put on a good show as well. Non-raptor Observations: The first major moving day of the season for Am. Crows with 1,517 tallied. Blue Jays still on the move with 5,002 tallied mostly in the early morning hours. Also notable were 95 Rusty Blackbirds, Hairy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, the Greater Yellowlegs (Day 8), and 40+ Bonaparte's Gulls out over the lake. Predictions: Cloudy with a 30% chance of showers in the afternoon. High 17. Wind SSW 5-8 km/hr. If the rain holds, raptors should be on the move, although the south winds might keep things slow. ======================================================================== 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/
