Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1996 8972 9539 Osprey 2 28 183 Bald Eagle 2 12 157 Northern Harrier 28 196 578 Sharp-shinned Hawk 180 3827 10641 Cooper's Hawk 32 148 503 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 17 19 19 Broad-winged Hawk 2 935 43429 Red-tailed Hawk 59 127 201 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 5 5 6 American Kestrel 23 3118 4584 Merlin 0 8 95 Peregrine Falcon 0 14 52 Unknown Accipiter 10 20 32 Unknown Buteo 11 16 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Raptor 0 2 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 2367 17448 70057 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Claude Radley, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: A school group from Windsor today. Weather: Another bright blue sky day today. Warm temperatures ranged from 12-21 C. Light winds out of the south/southeast. Hazy in the morning and late afternoon. Raptor Observations: A fun and challenging day of raptor migration. Birds were again high and far. Today was the first day of any notion of Buteo migration, with fair numbers of Red-tailed Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks on the move. In addition, five Golden Eagles went past. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe 80, Hored Grebe 2, Double-crested Cormorant 80, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 9, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, Mute Swan 80, Canada Goose 17, Wood Duck 20, Green-winged Teal 25, American Black Duck 4, Mallard 300, Northern Pintail 9, Blue-winged Teal 10, Northern Shoveler 6, Gadwall 3, American Wigeon 5, Ring-necked Duck 6, Common Moorhen 3, American Coot 500, Black-bellied Plover 3, Killdeer 21, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 5, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Stilt Sandpiper 1, Bonaparteâs Gull 3, Ring-billed Gull 400, Herring Gull 50, Caspian Tern 8, Rock Pigeon 6, Mourning Dove 3, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 6, Eastern Phoebe 1, Horned Lark 1, Tree Swallow 20, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6, Blue Jay 7920, American Crow 7, Black-capped Chickadee 5, Carolina Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 4, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1, American Robin 6, Gray Catbird 2, American Pipit 3, European Starling 6000, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 3, Yellow-rumped Warbler 23, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 6, Chipping Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 1, Swamp Sparrow 1, White-crowned Sparrow 4, White-throated Sparrow 6, Dark-eyed Junco 2, Red-winged Blackbird 200, Rusty Blackbird 2, Pine Siskin 66, American Goldfinch 374, House Sparrow 1. Black Saddlebags 4, Common Green Darner 1, Monarch 6, Common Buckeye 5. Predictions: Clear. Fog early. High of 25 C and humid. Winds from the South at 15 km/h. Bring the shades and the sunscreen! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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