Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2011
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Turkey Vulture               0           1615          33435
Osprey                       0              1            203
Bald Eagle                   0              6            187
Northern Harrier             1             93            899
Sharp-shinned Hawk           1             99          12975
Cooper's Hawk                1            140           1008
Northern Goshawk             0              6             10
Red-shouldered Hawk          0            260            416
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0          43431
Red-tailed Hawk              2           1782           2727
Rough-legged Hawk            0             10             22
Golden Eagle                 0             56             96
American Kestrel             0             15           4874
Merlin                       0              6            135
Peregrine Falcon             0              3             77
Unknown Accipiter            0             15             65
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:                       5           4118         100623
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Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 13:00:00 
Total observation time: 5.5 hours

Official Counter:        Stephen Kolbe

Observers:        Sarah Rupert

Visitors:
None.


Weather:
Quite calm today with heavy clouds.  A few sprinkles in the morning, and
heavier rain and thunderstorms ended the count in the early afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
The skies were virtually empty again today.

Non-raptor Observations:
Pied-billed Grebe 15, Double-crested Cormorant 20, Great Blue Heron 4,
Tundra Swan 63, Mute Swan 30, Canada Goose 42, Wood Duck 10, Green-winged
Teal 15, American Black Duck 5, Mallard 75, Northern Pintail 15, Northern
Shoveler 20, Gadwall 300, American Wigeon 10, Ring-necked Duck 25, Hooded
Merganser 3, Red-breasted Merganser 400, Ruddy Duck 1, American Coot 2000,
Bonaparte’s Gull 10, Ring-billed Gull 100, Herring Gull 20, Great
Black-backed Gull 1, Mourning Dove 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied
Woodpecker 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern
Flicker 1, Horned Lark 105, Black-capped Chickadee 2, Brown Creeper 1,
Carolina Wren 2, Winter Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 3, Eastern Bluebird
19, American Robin 17, American Pipit 5, Cedar Waxwing 29, European
Starling 3000, Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 5, American Tree
Sparrow 4, Song Sparrow 1, Lincoln’s Sparrow 1, Swamp Sparrow 3,
White-throated Sparrow 4, Snow Bunting 1, Red-winged Blackbird 400, Rusty
Blackbird 280, Common Grackle 25, Purple Finch 8, Pine Siskin 5, American
Goldfinch 332, House Sparrow 4.

Predictions:
Partly Cloudy. High: 13 C. Wind South 14 - 19 km/h. 
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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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