Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 67 341 341
Osprey 5 126 126
Bald Eagle 5 138 138
Northern Harrier 26 349 349
Sharp-shinned Hawk 307 5719 5719
Cooper's Hawk 21 294 294
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 609 42446 42446
Red-tailed Hawk 8 73 73
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 93 1232 1232
Merlin 2 62 62
Peregrine Falcon 1 14 14
Unknown Accipiter 2 7 7
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 1 4 4
Unknown Raptor 0 7 7
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 1148 50818 50818
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe
Observers: Dennis Gidge, Gwen Gidge, Ken Ducharme, Kory Renaud,
Larry Ludwicki, Olga Klekner, Paul Pratt, Sarah Renaud,
Sarah Rupert
Visitors:
Another busy day on the tower today with many Festival of Hawks guests.
Weather:
Cloudy early becoming mostly sunny as the day progressed. Temperatures
15-24 C. Winds out of the east for the majority of the day.
Raptor Observations:
A very nice day of migration. Sharp-shinned Hawks and American Kestrels
once again featured prominently, but there was also a nice showing of
Broad-winged Hawks. An immature Swainson's Hawk was seen from the hawk
banding blind but never was visible from the tower. The season's first
Golden Eagle was spotted far to the north in the late afternoon (14:19
EST).
Non-raptor Observations:
Pied-billed Grebe 40, Double-crested Cormorant 70, American Bittern 1,
Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 3, Black-crowned Night Heron 1, Mute Swan
80, Canada Goose 75, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 3, American Black Duck
3, Mallard 200, Northern Pintail 20, Blue-winged Teal 12, Northern Shoveler
6, Gadwall 2, American Wigeon 4, Redhead 8, Common Moorhen 6, American Coot
50, American Golden Plover 17, Killdeer 5, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Spotted
Sandpiper 3, Bonaparteâs Gull 6, Ring-billed Gull 150, Herring Gull 5,
Caspian Tern 8, Rock Pigeon 8, Mourning Dove 2, Great Horned Owl 1, Common
Nighthawk 1, Chimney Swift 11, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4, Belted
Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 3, Northern Flicker 3, Tree Swallow 100,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 50, Bank Swallow 1, Barn Swallow 25, Blue Jay
23390, American Crow 1, Black-capped Chickadee 5, Carolina Wren 1,
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2, Swainsonâs Thrush 2, American Robin 6, Gray
Catbird 5, American Pipit 1, Cedar Waxwing 39, European Starling 2000,
Nashville Warbler 1, Northern Parula 1, Magnolia Warbler 2, Black-throated
Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 10, Palm Warbler 2, Blackpoll Warbler
5, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 2, Common Yellowthroat 1,
Northern Cardinal 5, Red-winged Blackbird 70, American Goldfinch 292.
Black Saddlebags 50, Common Green Darner 200, Twelve-spotted Skimmer 4,
Monarch 69, American Snout 1, Common Buckeye 13.
Predictions:
Overcast with rain. High of 22 C and humid. Winds from the ESE at 20 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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