Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 1634 33454 Osprey 0 1 203 Bald Eagle 1 8 189 Northern Harrier 0 105 916 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 104 13063 Cooper's Hawk 3 150 1018 Northern Goshawk 0 8 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 269 425 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1853 2798 Rough-legged Hawk 0 11 23 Golden Eagle 0 59 99 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 6 135 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 79 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: 12 4254 100847 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Weather: Mostly cloudy to overcast with moderate South winds and high single digit temperatures. Raptor Observations: Little movement. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe 9, Double-crested Cormorant 17, Great Blue Heron 5, Mute Swan 28, Mallard 108, Northern Shoveler 17, Gadwall 460, Ring-necked Duck 6, Common Merganser 53, Ruddy Duck 4, Duck Species 4500, American Coot 480, Bonaparte's Gull 53, Ring-billed Gull 68, Herring Gull 21, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 11, Black-capped Chickadee 2, European Starlingt 450, Dark-eyed Junco 2, Rusty Blackbird 1, American Goldfinch 162. Predictions: Overcsast with Southwest to West winds early Becoming mainly sunny by mid-morning with the wind veering to North. Temperature near 10C. Should be a good day on the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
