Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 13 13 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 0 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 5 5 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: 3 27 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Visitors: A few hikers stopped by today. Weather: Hot! Very humid, bright blue skies, and just a hint of a breeze out of the south/southeast. Visibility was limited again this morning due to the humidity, but increased quickly as the sun rose. Raptor Observations: Only three migrants counted today. Quite slow. A few local Bald Eagles were seen throughout the day over the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Today was highlighted by a decent flight of Purple Martins, assorted other swallows, and a small warbler flock working the trees below the tower. Pied-billed Grebe 15, Double-crested Cormorant 50, Great Blue Heron 40, Great Egret 8, Green Heron 1, Black-crowned Night-Heron 3, Mute Swan 60, Canada Goose 2, Wood Duck 30, Mallard 65, Northern Pintail 4, Blue-winged Teal 2, American Wigeon 4, Common Moorhen 4, American Coot 30, Killdeer 4, Greater Yellowlegs 3, Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull 20, Herring Gull 8, Caspian Tern 10, Rock Pigeon 6, Mourning Dove 7, Chimney Swift 5, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 2, Eastern Phoebe 2, Eastern Kingbird 2, Purple Martin 494, Tree Swallow 13, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16, Bank Swallow 4, Barn Swallow 92, Blue Jay 2, Black-capped Chickadee 5, Carolina Wren 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4, American Robin 4, Gray Catbird 2, Cedar Waxwing 138, European Starling 163, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Warbling Vireo 3, Tennessee Warbler 1, Yellow Warbler 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Blackburnian Warbler 1, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Black-and-white Warbler 2, American Redstart 2, Wilsonâs Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 5, Bobolink 170, Red-winged Blackbird 159, Common Grackle 18, Brown-headed Cowbird 2, House Finch 1, American Goldfinch 68. Predictions: Chance of a Thunderstorm. High: 26 C. Wind West 11 km/h. 70% chance of precipitation. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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