Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 10 202 202
Osprey 4 117 117
Bald Eagle 0 127 127
Northern Harrier 6 306 306
Sharp-shinned Hawk 97 5072 5072
Cooper's Hawk 8 248 248
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 2 41793 41793
Red-tailed Hawk 0 61 61
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 11 1036 1036
Merlin 1 55 55
Peregrine Falcon 2 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 2 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Raptor 0 5 5
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 143 49045 49045
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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, Jim McCoy, John Craft,
Ken Ducharme, Kory Renaud, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Weather:
Cloudy early this morning with mostly clear skies in the afternoon.
Temperatures ranged from 15-24 C. Winds out of the south/southwest
increasing in intensity throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
A few migrants trickling by, but overall another slow day for raptors. Two
Peregrine Falcons were spotted again today, and a Merlin buzzed the tower
in the final hour of the count.
Non-raptor Observations:
Headliners today were six Red-headed Woodpeckers (three each adults and
immature birds), a flyover Dickcissel, and my first Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker and Blue-headed Vireo of the fall.
Pied-billed Grebe 30, Double-crested Cormorant 70, Great Blue Heron 10,
Great Egret 4, Black-crowned Night-Heron 3, Mute Swan 80, Canada Goose 35,
Wood Duck 30, American Black Duck 2, Mallard 250, Northern Pintail 4,
Blue-winged Teal 6, Northern Shoveler 9, Gadwall 3, American Wigeon 23,
Common Moorhen 7, American Coot 160, American Golden Plover 1, Killdeer 18,
Greater Yellowlegs 6, Lesser Yellowlegs 1, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Ring-billed
Gull 50, Herring Gull 4, Caspian Tern 3, Rock Pigeon 1, Mourning Dove ,
Great Horned Owl 1, Chimney Swift 24, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11, Belted
Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 6, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy
Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 11, Eastern Kingbird 1, Tree Swallow 100,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10, Barn Swallow 115, Blue Jay 10110,
American Crow 4, Black-capped Chickadee 5, Carolina Wren 2, House Wren 1,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, American Robin 4, Gray Catbird 5, Cedar Waxwing
73, European Starling 3000, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Philadelphia Vireo 1,
Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 3, Northern Parula 2, Chestnut-sided
Warbler 1, Magnolia Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3, Black-throated
Green Warbler 1, Blackburnian Warbler 1, Palm Warbler 4, Blackpoll Warbler
3, American Redstart 1, Common Yellowthroat 2, Scarlet Tanager 1, Northern
Cardinal 5, Dickcissel 1, Red-winged Blackbird 78, Common Grackle 12,
Brown-headed Cowbird 20, American Goldfinch 705.
Black Saddlebags 20, Common Green Darner 5, Monarch 14.
Predictions:
Chance of rain. High of 15°C. Winds from the NE at 10 km/h shifting to the
North in the afternoon.
Sounds pretty good as long as the rain holds off.
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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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