Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 2301 38136 Osprey 1 2 135 Bald Eagle 1 17 164 Northern Harrier 4 81 714 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 102 9425 Cooper's Hawk 2 138 550 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 298 499 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 36 2849 3971 Rough-legged Hawk 0 36 39 Golden Eagle 4 61 69 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 0 6 125 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 50 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 0 1 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 56 5894 71480 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Dwayne Murphy of Windsor, Jerry DeMarco and Anne Bell from Toronto and the Derksen family from Lancaster PA. visited the tower today. Weather: Dense Fog this morning gave way to partly cloudy skies late morning turning to mostly cloudy by 2:00 p.m. Temperatures ranged from 5.8 to 15.5 degrees celsius. Light ENE winds changed to E then ESE and increased to 12 kmph. Falling Barometer. Raptor Observations: 9 species of raptors today including 3 sub adult, 1 adult Golden Eagle and a late Osprey. Non-raptor Observations: Winter Wren was around base of tower. A flock of 50 Rusty Blackbirds landed in the trees E of the trout pond then moved through. 38 Tundra Swans came in from the north and circled the marsh before disappearing to the West. Predictions: Rain over night into tomorrow morning with winds moving from ESE to SSW and incresing to 20+ kmph. No precipitation is expected tomorrow afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm () 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/
