Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3265 23645 24212 Osprey 0 44 199 Bald Eagle 0 21 166 Northern Harrier 12 328 710 Sharp-shinned Hawk 188 5705 12519 Cooper's Hawk 29 417 772 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 60 60 Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 70 353 427 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4 Golden Eagle 1 17 18 American Kestrel 31 3365 4831 Merlin 1 38 125 Peregrine Falcon 1 33 71 Unknown Accipiter 2 34 46 Unknown Buteo 0 23 28 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 6 Unknown Raptor 0 6 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 3607 35033 87642 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud, Sarah Rupert Visitors: Three visitors today. Weather: Very cloudy and threatening rain early this morning, but clear skies and sun by late morning. Winds started off from the south/southwest and shifted to the west/northwest. Raptor Observations: A nice day of migration today. Mostly Turkey Vultures, but a few buteos are starting to mix in. A beautiful subadult Golden Eagle went past, giving nice looks. Non-raptor Observations: There sure are a lot of Monarchs around for this late in the fall. Non-raptor highlights today include a flock of three Eastern Meadowlarks, a single Chimney Swift, and a nice number of Horned Larks going over. Pied-billed Grebe 50, Double-crested Cormorant 75, Great Blue Heron 20, Great Egret 3, Mute Swan 70, Canada Goose 46, Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 4, American Black Duck 10, Mallard 100, Northern Pintail 25, Northern Shoveler 25, Gadwall 100, American Wigeon 20, American Coot 400, Killdeer 1, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Bonaparteâs Gull 1, Ring-billed Gull 200, Herring Gull 10, Caspian Tern 1, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 2, Chimney Swift 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 4, Eastern Phoebe 1, Horned Lark 39, Tree Swallow 200, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1, Blue Jay 180, American Crow 127, Black-capped Chickadee 4, Brown Creeper 1, Carolina Wren 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 6, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15, Hermit Thrush 2, American Robin 460, Gray Catbird 1, American Pipit 1, Cedar Waxwing 12, European Starling 9000, Yellow-rumped Warbler 14, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 4, Chipping Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 3, Swamp Sparrow 4, White-throated Sparrow 10, White-crowned Sparrow 2, Dark-eyed Junco 6, Red-winged Blackbird 1000, Eastern Meadowlark 3, Rusty Blackbird 2, Purple Finch 3, Pine Siskin 1, American Goldfinch 53, House Sparrow 4. Black Saddlebags 1, Common Green Darner 2, Monarch 28. Predictions: Partly cloudy. High of 16 C. Winds from the South at 15 km/h. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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