Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 1 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 12 12 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 4 4 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 7 24 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy Visitors: Bob Pettit, Andy Parsons, and Jim McCoy all spent some time up on the tower today in the sun. Weather: Hazy and humid early this morning with clearing skies as the morning wore on. Hot temperatures reaching 31 C. Winds light out of the south/southwest again. Visibility was only a few kilometers this morning, but improved throughout the day. Raptor Observations: A few birds moving, but mostly pretty quiet. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe â 1, Double-crested Cormorant â 144, Great Blue Heron â 30, Great Egret â 9, Green Heron â 1, Black-crowned Night-Heron â 4, Mute Swan â 85, Canada Goose â 68, Wood Duck â 20, Mallard â 50, Northern Pintail â 3, Blue-winged Teal â 1, American Wigeon â 4, Sora â 1, Common Moorhen â 6, American Coot â 50, Lesser Yellowlegs â 2, Solitary Sandpiper â 2, Spotted Sandpiper â 1, Ring-billed Gull â 43, Herring Gull â 2, Caspian Tern â 20, Rock Pigeon â 1, Mourning Dove â 4, Chimney Swift â 28, Ruby-throated Hummingbird â 9, Belted Kingfisher â 2, Downy Woodpecker â 2, Northern Flicker â 2, Alder Flycatcher â 1, Willow Flycatcher â 1, Great Crested Flycatcher â 1, Eastern Kingbird â 1, Purple Martin â 11, Tree Swallow â 16, Northern Rough-winged Swallow â 7, Bank Swallow â 4, Cliff Swallow â 2, Barn Swallow â 341, Blue Jay â 2, Black-capped Chickadee â 5, Carolina Wren â 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher â 9, Gray Catbird â 2, Cedar Waxwing â 51, European Starling â 482, Warbling Vireo â 5, Tennessee Warbler â 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler â 1, Magnolia Warbler â 1, Cape May Warbler â 1, Black-throated Green Warbler â 1, Blackpoll Warbler â 1, Black-and-white Warbler â 1, American Redstart â 2, Wilsonâs Warbler â 1, Canada Warbler â 1, Northern Cardinal â 5, Bobolink â 114, Red-winged Blackbird â 220, Common Grackle â 37, American Goldfinch â 48. Predictions: Chance of a Thunderstorm. Partly Cloudy. High: 33 C. Wind WSW 11 - 18 km/h. 20 percent chance of precipitation. Not much expected again tomorrow, but we should see at least a handful. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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