Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 53 474 474 Osprey 14 145 145 Bald Eagle 0 142 142 Northern Harrier 5 369 369 Sharp-shinned Hawk 219 6173 6173 Cooper's Hawk 20 326 326 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 42478 42478 Red-tailed Hawk 0 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 45 1310 1310 Merlin 7 70 70 Peregrine Falcon 6 23 23 Unknown Accipiter 1 8 8 Unknown Buteo 0 4 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Raptor 0 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 370 51609 51609 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud Visitors: Five. Weather: Cloudy all day today. Light winds out of the south/southwest. Temperature ranged from 15-18 C. Light rain began in the last hour of the count. Raptor Observations: A pretty decent raptor flight given the winds. Falcons put in a strong showing, as did Osprey. An adult Bald Eagle was seen pursuing an adult Peregrine Falcon carrying prey (Blue Jay, odds are!) for about one minute. They twisted and turned all around the tower, and the Bald Eagle did an impressive job of keeping up with the Peregrine. A seperate Peregrine Falcon took a few runs at a flock of Blue-winged Teal over the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of Blue Jays again today (33780), along with a nice movement of Tree Swallows and Chimney Swifts. An Orange-crowned Warbler was mixed in with the warbler flock around the tower, as were two Indigo Buntings. Other birds detected from the tower: Pied-billed Grebe 50, Double-crested Cormorant 75, Great Blue Heron 15, Great Egret 3, Mute Swan 80, Canada Goose 15, Wood Duck 25, Green-winged Teal 6, American Black Duck 4, Mallard 200, Northern Pintail 4, Blue-winged Teal 60, Northern Shoveler 2, American Wigeon 1, Ring-necked Duck 4, Common Moorhen 6, American Coot 100, American Golden Plover 8, Killdeer 7, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Ring-billed Gull 60, Herring Gull 10, Caspian Tern 3, Rock Pigeon 2, Mourning Dove 2, Chimney Swift 75, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 4, Tree Swallow 750, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10, Barn Swallow 8, Blue Jay 33780, American Crow 5, Black-capped Chickadee 6, Carolina Wren 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Swainsons Thrush 2, American Robin 4, Gray Catbird 8, Brown Thrasher 1, Cedar Waxwing 30, European Starling 100, Red-eyed Vireo 2, Orange-crowned Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 10, Chestnut-sided Warbler 1, Magnolia Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4, Black-throated Green Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler 1, American Redstart 2, Common Yellowthroat 2, Wilsons Warbler 2, Northern Cardinal 6, Indigo Bunting 2, White-throated Sparrow 1, Red-winged Blackbird 20, Brown-headed Cowbird 7, American Goldfinch 339. Black Saddlebags 3, Common Green Darner 2, Monarch 33. Predictions: Rain Showers. Partly Cloudy. High: 19 C. Wind WSW 10 km/h. 50 percent chance of precipitation. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
