Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 10 10 Osprey 5 18 18 Bald Eagle 0 11 11 Northern Harrier 7 53 53 Sharp-shinned Hawk 71 477 477 Cooper's Hawk 1 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 30 30 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 10 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 145 145 Merlin 1 4 4 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 1 1 1 Total: 102 764 764 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: Two visitors to the platform today were treated to scope views of perched Bald Eagles and a dining Merlin. Weather: Temps 14 - 16 C today with cloudy skies. Off-and-on rain turned more serious in the early afternoon, forcing down any migrating raptors. Winds again out of the northeast. Raptor Observations: A few migrants today between rain showers. Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels, and Northern Harriers once again dominated. Non-raptor Observations: Highlight today was a flock of nine Black Terns that came in from the east and then later left going back east with 21 Common Terns and one Bonaparte's Gull. Pied-billed Grebe - 20, Double-crested Cormorant - 50, Great Blue Heron - 15, Great Egret - 5, Mute Swan - 50, Canada Goose - 12, Wood Duck - 20, American Black Duck - 1, Mallard - 200, Northern Pintail - 2, Blue-winged Teal - 5, Northern Shoveler - 7, American Wigeon - 8, Ring-necked Duck - 2, Common Moorhen - 4, American Coot - 40, Bonaparte's Gull - 1, Ring-billed Gull - 23, Herring Gull - 11, Caspian Tern - 6, Common Tern - 21, Black Tern - 9, Mourning Dove - 2, Common Nighthawk - 5, Chimney Swift - 3, Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3, Belted Kingfisher - 2, Downy Woodpecker - 1, Eastern Kingbird - 1, Purple Martin - 80, Tree Swallow - 90, Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 40, Cliff Swallow - 5, Barn Swallow - 25, Blue Jay - 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2, American Robin - 1, Cedar Waxwing - 138, European Starling - 300, Tennessee Warbler - 1, Nashville Warbler - 1, Cape May Warbler - 1, Black-throated Green Warbler - 1, Blackburnian Warbler - 2, Blackpoll Warbler - 15, Common Yellowthroat - 1, Northern Cardinal - 4, Red-winged Blackbird - 25, Common Grackle - 10, Brown-headed Cowbird - 5, American Goldfinch - 45. Monarch - 1. Predictions: Rain Showers. Mostly Cloudy. High: 22 C. Wind East 16 - 21 km/h. 60 percent chance of precipitation. Doesn't sound ideal, but I'm sure there will at least a few birds around after the last few days of migration. We'll see if the rain holds off enough for them to get going. ======================================================================== 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/
