Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1111 1111 36946 Osprey 1 1 134 Bald Eagle 3 3 150 Northern Harrier 16 16 649 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 18 9341 Cooper's Hawk 23 23 435 Northern Goshawk 1 1 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 30 30 231 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 350 350 1472 Rough-legged Hawk 14 14 17 Golden Eagle 3 3 11 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 0 0 119 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 50 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 1570 1570 67156 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Tom Hince Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Mike Fitzpatrick, Olga Klekner Weather: A good North wind component. A bit of onshore flow developed in the afternoon, pushing the birds to the north. Raptor Observations: A good run of RL started early. Thermals and onshore breeze drove the birds to the North in the afternoon and viewing was difficult against the blue sky. Non-raptor Observations: Cowbird - 110 Grackle - 980 Red-winged Blackbird - 2140 Blackbird (sp) - 7160 Rusty Blackbird - 88 American Goldfinch - 42 Cedar Waxwing - 35 Horned Lark - 33 Pine Siskin - 13 American Crow - 9800 Fox Sparrow - 3 Black-capped Chickadee - 208 American Pipit - 174 American Robin - 91 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Purple Finch - 19 House Finch - 14 Blue Jay - 30 Killdeer - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 17 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Lapland Longspur - 3 Brown Creeper - 1 Sora - 1 Tree Swallow - 2 Winter Wren - 1 Carolina Wren - 1 BOREAL CHICKADEE - 1 (at 2:22pm) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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/
