Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1097 25817 26897
Osprey 4 24 132
Bald Eagle 1 33 130
Northern Harrier 8 203 540
Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 3209 8824
Cooper's Hawk 10 262 362
Northern Goshawk 0 4 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 147 148
Broad-winged Hawk 0 650 16132
Red-tailed Hawk 31 599 787
Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 329 1430
Merlin 1 22 95
Peregrine Falcon 0 20 45
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2
Unknown Buteo 1 9 12
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 1324 31334 55546
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Claude Radley, Sarah Rupert
Observers: Jim Law, Jim Pawlicki, Karen Padbury, Len Jones, Paul Pratt,
Sarah Rupert, Tom Hince
Visitors:
There were lots of visitors to the tower today who were a great help! A
special thanks goes out to the crew from Ohio, who helped keep track of the
sightings while I was delayed with car repairs this morning - thank you Bob
Finkelstein, Jim Heflich, Paula Lozano and Lukas & Linua Pategimeas! Jamie
Fenneman from Victoria BC also joined the gang along with Jaso Telasco, the
Bakers and friends and some keen young birders who we hope to see again.
ps - one observer left their Bushnell Spacemaster scope behind. Please
contact us if this is yours!
Weather:
Winds started out from the WNW early this morning, with early morning
temperatures around 9C and clear skies. As the day progressed, cloud cover
increased and winds swung to the S-SW, with high temperatures of 17C.
Raptor Observations:
The morning started out promising, with decent flights that lasted until
about noon. Turkey Vultures were seen in good numbers in the morning. The
flights were relatively low, but as the temperatures increase in the
afternoon hours, all raptors were seen at much higher elevations. SW winds
all but shut down migrants through the site by 2 pm, with observers noting
large kettles of Vultures moving through the area quite a bit north of the
hawk tower
Non-raptor Observations:
There was a great movement of Black-capped Chickadees through the area
today. In just over an hour 125 individuals were counted moving past the
tower. A late Orange-crowned Warbler was noted near the fish pond today.
Predictions:
Partly cloudy skies with west winds and a high of 13C are predicted for
tomorrow. Birds should be lower than today and we may see some good
movements,
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Report submitted by Sarah Rupert ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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