Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 71 30458 31538 Osprey 0 24 132 Bald Eagle 0 46 143 Northern Harrier 0 244 581 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 3488 9103 Cooper's Hawk 1 291 391 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 182 183 Broad-winged Hawk 0 651 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 0 722 910 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 0 336 1437 Merlin 0 28 101 Peregrine Falcon 1 22 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 9 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 79 36516 60728 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 11:30:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: Claude Radley stopped in around 11:15 to let me know of the oncoming rain and Tornado warning/watches across the lake in Michigan and it was time to go after that. Weather: Overcast with strong SE winds 18-20 km/hr and high of 17C. Raptor Observations: Very few raptors. Only a few Sharp-shins along with a small group of Vultures that mostly glided back and forth along the lakeshore. An adult Peregrine went by at 11:58 EST. Non-raptor Observations: Twenty-six (26) Tree Swallows passed heading E into the wind and occassionally lingered to forage over the marsh; 2 N. Rough-winged Swallows zipped by heading W as well. A few (30) Chickadees still moving along with 24 Horned Larks and 11 Blue Jays. Also Winter Wren and fly-by Dunlin. Predictions: Sunny with strong SW winds 20-25 km/hr and a high of 18C. Vultures should be moving in the strong winds, but not many other raptors expected. ======================================================================== 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/
