Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 10 10 Osprey 10 28 28 Bald Eagle 1 12 12 Northern Harrier 3 56 56 Sharp-shinned Hawk 114 591 591 Cooper's Hawk 2 7 7 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 2 147 147 Merlin 1 5 5 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 134 898 898 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Visitors: Dan Pequin visiting from Quebec kept me company during the drizzle. Weather: Steady rain early this morning delayed the opening of the count. Off-and-on showers and heavy clouds persisted throughout the remainder of the day. Winds 10-15 km/hr out of the east and northeast. Temperatures 16-19 C. Raptor Observations: A few birds were moving between rain showers. A brief burst of birds in the late afternoon when the rain let up for an extended period of time. Ospreys put in a good showing, as did Sharp-shinned Hawks. The first Peregrine Falcon of the season burst over the tower at treetop height. Non-raptor Observations: Highlight today was an astounding (at least for me) 205 Black Terns moving through in a few large groups in the rain. Also a nice foraging flock of passerines was around the base of the tower. It included 15 species of warbler and a Philadelphia Vireo. Common Loon 1, Pied-billed Grebe 40, Double-crested Cormorant 75, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 5, Black-crowned Night-Heron 4, Mute Swan 60, Canada Goose 40, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 1, American Black Duck 10, Mallard 300, Northern Pintail 5, Blue-winged Teal 11, Northern Shoveler 3, American Wigeon 26, Common Moorhen 4, American Coot 35,Spotted Sandpiper 3, Ring-billed Gull 9, Herring Gull 12, Caspian Tern 5, Common Tern 6, Black Tern 205, Mourning Dove 1, Common Nighthawk 2, Chimney Swift 8, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 3, Eastern Wood-Pewee 1, Eastern Phoebe 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Purple Martin 10, Tree Swallow 100, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 75, Cliff Swallow 5, Barn Swallow 25, Blue Jay 2, Black-capped Chickadee 4, Carolina Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Gray Catbird 2, Cedar Waxwing 199, European Starling 100, Warbling Vireo 2, Philadelphia Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Tennessee Warbler 3, Nashville Warbler 2, Northern Parula 1, Yellow Warbler 2, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Magnolia Warbler 2, Cape May Warbler 1, Black-throated Green Warbler 2, Blackburnian Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 5, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 1, Wilsonâs Warbler 1, Canada Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 8, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, Red-winged Blackbird 20, Common Grackle 5, American Goldfinch 31. Black Saddlebags 2, Monarch 4. Predictions: Chance of Rain. Mostly Cloudy. High: 22 C. Wind NE 6 km/h. 40 percent chance of precipitation. Sounds like a day similar to today. There will be birds moving with the northerly winds as long as it isn't pouring. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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