Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 106 13168 13735 Osprey 0 42 197 Bald Eagle 1 19 164 Northern Harrier 2 268 650 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 4623 11437 Cooper's Hawk 3 313 668 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 39 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 0 232 306 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 9 10 American Kestrel 0 3294 4760 Merlin 1 32 119 Peregrine Falcon 2 30 68 Unknown Accipiter 0 32 44 Unknown Buteo 0 20 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 6 Unknown Raptor 0 6 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 125 23070 75679 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Six visitors. Weather: Cloudy all day today. Temperatures nearly steady around 9 C. A few sprinkles early and scattered showers in the afternoon. Winds light out of the southwest early shifting to the west and increasing in strength in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: A pretty quiet day for raptors. A few small groups of Turkey Vultures went despite the overcast conditions, as did a handful of other birds. Non-raptor Observations: Headliners today were: two Orange-crowned Warblers, a flyby Common Loon, and the large number of ducks and sparrows hanging around the marsh. Common Loon 1, Pied-billed Grebe 40, Hored Grebe 1, Double-crested Cormorant 60, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 5, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 25, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 5, American Black Duck 10, Mallard 100, Northern Pintail 25, Blue-winged Teal 2, Northern Shoveler 8, Gadwall 500, American Wigeon 50, Red-breasted Merganser 4, Ruddy Duck 2, American Coot 800, Killdeer 19, Greater Yellowlegs 9, Bonaparteâs Gull 6, Ring-billed Gull 600, Herring Gull 100, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Caspian Tern 4, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 2, Belted Kingfisher 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 4, Eastern Phoebe 1, Tree Swallow 500, American Crow 8, Black-capped Chickadee 3, Brown Creeper 1, Carolina Wren 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 4, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12, Hermit Thrush 12, American Robin 72, Gray Catbird 3, European Starling 400, Tennessee Warbler 1, Orange-crowned Warbler 2, Nashville Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 31, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 4, Field Sparrow 2, Song Sparrow 8, Swamp Sparrow 15, White-crowned Sparrow 8, White-throated Sparrow 25, Dark-eyed Junco 20, Red-winged Blackbird 100, Rusty Blackbird 46, House Sparrow 4. Predictions: Partly Cloudy. High: 12 C. Wind WNW 14 km/h. Sounds pretty decent. Hopefully we'll see some movement! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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