Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3589 23621 24701 Osprey 1 20 128 Bald Eagle 3 32 129 Northern Harrier 4 187 524 Sharp-shinned Hawk 145 3023 8638 Cooper's Hawk 15 247 347 Northern Goshawk 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 27 132 133 Broad-winged Hawk 0 650 16132 Red-tailed Hawk 127 551 739 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 324 1425 Merlin 0 21 94 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 5 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 3925 28842 53054 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury Visitors: Only a few visitors today that included Chuck Sharbaugh and two friends from Michigan, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, and briefly Todd Pepper. Weather: Partly cloudy and cool (High 16C) with NNW winds 10-14 km/hr. Raptor Observations: A good movement of Turkey Vultures along with Red-tails and Sharp-shins. A fair number of Red-shouldereds came through low providing some nice looks. Highlights were an adult dark morph Red-tailed Hawk that went by at 11:14 DST (record shot posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50137...@n05/), along with a juv. Goshawk and high-flying (age unk.) Peregrine, both of which went by in the afternoon. Also the local juv. Osprey continues to fish around the south end of the marsh and trout pond, while a "getting late" migrant Osprey went by today as well. Non-raptor Observations: Notable were 2 Caspian Terns, Orange-crowned Warbler, and 14 Pine Siskins (with a few perching for nice looks). American Crows were on the move with 1,580 tallied, while Blue Jay numbers continue to drop with only 380 tallied. Also the Greater Yellowlegs extended its stay to day 11 on the pond and remains in company of a/the Solitary Sandpiper(s). Predictions: Sunny with NW winds becoming W 20 km/hr in the afternoon. High of 17C. Winds look good for a continued flight from today. ======================================================================== 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/
