Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 2 2 Osprey 5 7 7 Bald Eagle 4 4 4 Northern Harrier 13 18 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 82 82 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 62 67 67 Merlin 2 2 2 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: 158 187 187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 11 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Dennis Patrick, Gwen Gidge, Jim McCoy Weather: Much cooler today with temperatures only reaching 17 C. Cloudy all day made for nice hawkwatching skies, and fairly strong winds out of the north/northwest at 12-20 km/hr pushed birds toward the coast. Raptor Observations: The best day so far for the 2011 count. Nice showing by American Kestrels, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Northern Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: Highlights today were 3 Common Loons, 2 Common Nighthawks, 364 American Goldfinches, and 587 Cedar Waxwings. Common Loon 3, Pied-billed Grebe 15, Double-crested Cormorant 50, Great Blue Heron 30, Great Egret 11, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1, Mute Swan 60, Canada Goose 85, Wood Duck 40, Green-winged Teal 4, Mallard 508, Northern Pintail 7, Blue-winged Teal 36, Northern Shoveler 14, American Wigeon 6, Sora 1, Common Moorhen 2, American Coot 20, Killdeer 4, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 1, Solitary Sandpiper 3, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull 47, Herring Gull 14, Caspian Tern 15, Rock Pigeon 1, Mourning Dove 6, Common Nighthawk 2, Chimney Swift 13, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 31, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 2, Purple Martin 126, Tree Swallow 150, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 150, Bank Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 200, Blue Jay 2, Black-capped Chickadee 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1, Cedar Waxwing 587, European Starling 100, Tennessee Warbler 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Blackburnian Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Black-and-white Warbler 2, American Redstart 1, Canada Warbler, Northern Cardinal 5, Bobolink 19, Red-winged Blackbird 150, Common Grackle 40, American Goldfinch 364. Predictions: Partly Cloudy. High: 21 C. Wind NE 21 km/h. Sounds like there should be some more birds to count tomorrow! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([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 [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
