Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 16 16 Osprey 9 87 87 Bald Eagle 5 58 58 Northern Harrier 5 129 129 Sharp-shinned Hawk 99 2852 2852 Cooper's Hawk 8 61 61 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 321 321 Red-tailed Hawk 4 24 24 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 27 348 348 Merlin 7 35 35 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 Unknown Buteo 1 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 170 3939 3939 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Chris Craft, Jim McCoy, John Craft Visitors: Four visitors today. Weather: Warm temperatures today reached 29 C. Sunny skies for most of the day, and a few afternoon clouds. Winds started fairly strong out of the southwest at 15-20 km/hr but died down and gradually shifted to the west. Raptor Observations: A few raptors moved today. Mostly Sharp-shinned Hawks and the falcons. Non-raptor Observations: Today's highlights included 1430 Purple Martins moving west (most in the first 3 hours) and a hatch year Red-headed Woodpecker that flew from far north of the tower right overhead. Pied-billed Grebe 20, Double-crested Cormorant 50, Great Blue Heron 25, Great Egret 6, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, Mute Swan 60, Canada Goose 54, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 4, Mallard 200, American Black Duck 1, Northern Pintail 17, Blue-winged Teal 12, Gadwall 3, American Wigeon 4, Common Moorhen 3, American Coot 40, Semipalmated Plover 1, Killdeer 17, Pectoral Sandpiper 9, Wilsonâs Snipe 5, Ring-billed Gull 74, Herring Gull 23, Caspian Tern 8, Black Tern 1, Rock Pigeon 1, Mourning Dove 8, Chimney Swift 69, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 3, Northern Flicker 3, Purple Martin 1430, Tree Swallow 14, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16, Bank Swallow 5, Barn Swallow 89, Blue Jay 2, Black-capped Chickadee 2, Carolina Wren 2, House Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1, American Robin 5, Gray Catbird 4, Cedar Waxwing 101, European Starling 3000, Yellow Warbler 3, Magnolia Warbler 9, Common Yellowthroat 2, Wilsonâs Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 8, Red-winged Blackbird 250, Common Grackle 10, American Goldfinch 217. Black Saddlebags 75, Common Green Darner 15, Monarch 5, Common Buckeye 2. Predictions: Chance of Rain. Partly Cloudy. High: 19 C. Wind WNW 11 km/h. 40 percent chance of precipitation. I like that north component in the wind direction. We should see some migrants. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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