Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1118 11073 11640
Osprey 4 37 192
Bald Eagle 1 15 160
Northern Harrier 9 232 614
Sharp-shinned Hawk 78 4190 11004
Cooper's Hawk 7 205 560
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 29 29
Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431
Red-tailed Hawk 20 192 266
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 3 8 9
American Kestrel 6 3134 4600
Merlin 0 9 96
Peregrine Falcon 0 16 54
Unknown Accipiter 2 30 42
Unknown Buteo 2 20 25
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 5
Unknown Raptor 1 5 13
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 1254 20135 72744
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Bob Pettit
Observers: Anne Bell, Bob Hall-Brooks, Jerry DeMarco, John Craft,
John Winebrenner, Ken Ducharme, Lisa Silvey, Olga Klekner,
Sharon Ducharme, Stephen Kolbe
Visitors:
Many families and couples visited the park and the tower in celebrating
Canadian Thanksgiving.
Thanks to all of those folks that assisted with the count. Without your
help and optics and good vision we would have struggled.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Weather:
Blue skies again made for a difficult time seeing birds well. Even with a
slight breeze from the south birds preferred to move inland while moving
west. High 23.6C; wind S-SSW 1-7 kph;
Raptor Observations:
Golden Eagle a noon was 25 feet above and to the north of the tower. Very
nice view for all. Turkey Vultures were in good numbers.
Non-raptor Observations:
Pied-billed Grebe-1, Double-crest Cormorant-15, Great Blue Heron-2,
Black-crowned Night-Heron-1, Mute Swan-10, Canada Goose-5, Green-winged
Teal-1, American Black Duck-3, Mallard-5, Northern Pintail-1, Blue-winged
Teal-2, Northern Shoveler-4, American Wigeon-1, Ring-necked Duck-1,
Killdeer-3, Greater Yellowlegs-1, Lesser Yellowlegs-13, Wilsonâs Snipe-1,
Ring-billed Gull-25, Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1, Belted Kingfisher-1,
Red-headed Woodpecker-1 imm, Northern Flicker-1, Horned Lark-1, Barn
Swallow-3, Blue Jay-5290, Carolina Wren-1, White-throated Sparrow-1,
Red-winged Blackbird-500, Brown-headed Cowbird-15, Pine Siskin-3, American
Goldfinch-125, Black Saddlebags-2, Monarch Butterfly-5, Buckeye-2, Ruby
Meadowhawk-10
Predictions:
Similar conditions. Similar birds.
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Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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