Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 20 1518 33338
Osprey 0 0 202
Bald Eagle 0 2 183
Northern Harrier 5 79 885
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 75 12951
Cooper's Hawk 1 111 979
Northern Goshawk 0 4 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 249 405
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431
Red-tailed Hawk 22 1560 2505
Rough-legged Hawk 0 9 21
Golden Eagle 8 53 93
American Kestrel 0 15 4874
Merlin 2 4 133
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 77
Unknown Accipiter 0 12 62
Unknown Buteo 0 10 39
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 6
Unknown Raptor 0 0 14
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3
Black Vulture 0 1 1
Total: 65 3705 100210
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe
Observers: Cindy Cartwright, Cindy Isenhoff, Cramer, Frank Dolby,
Karen Cedar
Visitors:
Once again quite a few visitors enjoying this beautiful weather.
Weather:
A beautiful day. Temperatures today ranged from 8-14 C. A few clouds in
an otherwise bright blue sky. Fairly strong winds all day out of the
south.
Raptor Observations:
A pretty slow day numbers-wise, but the watchers on the tower today enjoyed
some nice looks of some exciting birds. Eight Golden Eagles were seen, all
either juveniles or subadults. A Merlin buzzed the tower right overhead in
the afternoon.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors were fairly quiet today. Quite a few flocks of Cedar Waxwings
were going over along with large blackbird flocks. American Crows were
largely absent today. There are still tons of ducks and coots in the
marsh.
Pied-billed Grebe 50, Double-crested Cormorant 30, Great Blue Heron 10,
Mute Swan 50, Canada Goose 14, Wood Duck 15, Green-winged Teal 20, American
Black Duck 30, Mallard 150, Northern Pintail 40, Northern Shoveler 30,
Gadwall 500, American Wigeon 40, Canvasback 3, Ring-necked Duck 60,
Bufflehead 2, Hooded Merganser 1, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Ruddy Duck 2,
American Coot 1000, Killdeer 1, Bonaparteâs Gull 25, Ring-billed Gull
150, Herring Gull 20, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning
Dove 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2,
Northern Flicker 5, Eastern Phoebe 1, Horned Lark 20, Blue Jay 20, American
Crow 150, Black-capped Chickadee 6, Brown Creeper 2, Carolina Wren 1,
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4, American Robin 6, American Pipit 1, Cedar Waxwing
115, European Starling 5000, Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 4,
Song Sparrow 4, Swamp Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 1, Red-winged
Blackbird 1000, Rusty Blackbird 75, Common Grackle 200, Pine Siskin 3,
American Goldfinch 117, House Sparrow 4.
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of light showers. High of 16. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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