Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2308 38143 Osprey 0 2 135 Bald Eagle 1 20 167 Northern Harrier 5 92 725 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 109 9432 Cooper's Hawk 6 154 566 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 299 500 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 21 2918 4040 Rough-legged Hawk 0 39 42 Golden Eagle 2 72 80 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 1 8 127 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: 37 6024 71610 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: Jim McCoy stopped by for a while and in time for the Golden Eagles. Weather: Mostly cloudy with sunny periods. Winds were steady out of the WNW 14-16 km/hr with a high of 8C. Raptor Observations: A small flight of Red-tails along with a few Harriers and Cooper's Hawks, and singles of (1st-yr.) Bald Eagle, Sharp-shin, and Merlin. Two (juv.) Golden Eagles passed through at 11:28 and 12:20 with the first bird giving nice looks as it passed directly over the tower. Non-raptor Observations: The day's highlight was nice looks at a flock of 7 Sandhill Cranes as they passed low over the tower heading west. A nice flock of 8 Eastern Bluebirds worked their way from the trout pond to the tower with a few landing on the picnic bench and parts of the tower before taking off west over the marsh. Am. Goldfinches were on the move in the morning with 101 tallied. Predictions: Mostly sunny with SW winds SW 15 km/hr picking up to 30 in the afternoon. High of 8C. Not many raptors expected on the strong SW winds. ======================================================================== 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/
