Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 61 535 535 Osprey 6 151 151 Bald Eagle 3 145 145 Northern Harrier 7 376 376 Sharp-shinned Hawk 441 6614 6614 Cooper's Hawk 22 348 348 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 15 42493 42493 Red-tailed Hawk 0 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 42 1352 1352 Merlin 10 80 80 Peregrine Falcon 11 34 34 Unknown Accipiter 3 11 11 Unknown Buteo 1 5 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Raptor 0 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 622 52231 52231 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud, Olga Klekner Visitors: Four visitors to the tower today. Weather: Heavy clouds for most of the day with a few brief breaks of sun. Temperatures ranged from 13-18 degrees C. Winds out of the southwest, increasing in intensity as the day progressed. Raptor Observations: A very nice day of migration. Sharp-shinned Hawks dominated, and falcons entertained late. Non-raptor Observations: Fairly quite non-raptor wise. Lots of Caspian Terns (52) were moving west early this morning. The warbler flock at the tower was once again dominated by Nashville Warblers feeding in the weeds and goldenrod. Blue Jays took a bit of a breather today, with only 12650 counted. American Goldfinches went past in decent numbers again (757). As always, the following list is birds detected from the tower during count hours: Pied-billed Grebe 40, Double-crested Cormorant 75, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 4, Mute Swan 90, Canada Goose 58, Wood Duck 30, Mallard 100, Northern Pintail 4, Blue-winged Teal 25, Northern Shoveler 12, American Wigeon 15, American Coot 100, Killdeer 4, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull 50, Herring Gull 10, Caspian Tern 52, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 2, Chimney Swift 12, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9, Belted Kingfisher 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 12, Purple Martin 4, Tree Swallow 300, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 50, Blue Jay 12650, Black-capped Chickadee 6, Carolina Wren 1, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Swainson's Thrush 1, American Robin 2, Gray Catbird 6, Brown Thrasher 1, European Starling 200, Philadelphia Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 2, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 15, Magnolia Warbler 2, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Wilson's Warbler 2, Northern Cardinal 8, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, Indigo Bunting 1, White-throated Sparrow 2, Red-winged Blackbird 6, American Goldfinch 757. Black Saddlebags 2, Common Green Darner 1, Monarch 41. Predictions: Rain. High: 11 C. Wind NW 29 km/h. 80 percent chance of precipitation. We'll see if any birds zip by between showers. Looking ahead, Saturday looks quite good; plan accordingly! ======================================================================== 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/
