Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 33 136 136
Osprey 3 107 107
Bald Eagle 4 126 126
Northern Harrier 11 283 283
Sharp-shinned Hawk 241 4674 4674
Cooper's Hawk 15 201 201
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 129 41708 41708
Red-tailed Hawk 5 59 59
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 20 969 969
Merlin 1 51 51
Peregrine Falcon 1 7 7
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Raptor 2 5 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 465 48335 48335
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe
Observers: Chris Craft, Frank Dolby, Gwen Gidge, Jason Craft,
Ken Ducharme, Larry Ludwicki, Olga Klekner, Paul Pratt,
Rene Kielbasa
Visitors:
Many visitors again today for the Sunday edition of the Festival of Hawks.
We even managed to get two equestrian visitors, but they didn't quite make
it to the top of the tower.
Weather:
Sunny and warm today, with a few scattered clouds. Temperatures 11-22 C.
Winds early were out of the northeast but shifted midday to the southeast.
Raptor Observations:
A few migrating raptors today. Nice diversity, but not huge numbers. Many
of the hawks got up high quickly with the warm temperatures and sun.
Non-raptor Observations:
Today we had the first small groups of migrating Blue Jays moving, with a
total of 774 tallied. A lone Sandhill Crane north over the marsh was
exciting, as was a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with a flock of Lesser
Yellowlegs.
Pied-billed Grebe 20, Double-crested Cormorant 80, Great Blue Heron 25,
Great Egret 5, Black-crowned Night-Heron 4, Mute Swan 90, Canada Goose 75,
Wood Duck 25, Green-winged Teal 8, American Black Duck 5, Mallard 175,
Northern Pintail 12, Blue-winged Teal 6, Northern Shoveler 11, Gadwall 4,
American Wigeon 12, Common Moorhen 2, American Coot 15, Sandhill Crane 1,
Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 12, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Stilt
Sandpiper 1, Wilsons Snipe 1, Ring-billed Gull 45, Herring Gull 20, Caspian
Tern 15, Rock Pigeon 3, Mourning Dove 4, Chimney Swift 4, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird 13, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 3, Northern Flicker
4, Tree Swallow 150, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 20, Barn Swallow 10,
Blue Jay 774, American Crow 6, Black-capped Chickadee 3, Carolina Wren 1,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Gray-cheeked Thrush 2, Swainsons Thrush 1,
American Robin 2, Gray Catbird 3, Cedar Waxwing 43, European Starling 2000,
Red-eyed Vireo 1, Northern Parula 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler 1, Magnolia
Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Palm
Warbler 2, Common Yellowthroat 2, Northern Cardinal 6, Red-winged Blackbird
50, Common Grackle 5, American Goldfinch 60.
Black Saddlebags 25, Common Green Darner 65, Twelve-spotted Skimmer 4,
Monarch 42, Common Buckeye 8, Swallowtail spp. 1.
Predictions:
Overcast with rain. High of 21 C. Winds from the South at 10-25 km/h.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
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Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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