Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 20 1869 33689 Osprey 1 2 204 Bald Eagle 1 14 195 Northern Harrier 2 124 935 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 112 13071 Cooper's Hawk 9 188 1056 Northern Goshawk 1 11 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 347 503 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 72 2357 3302 Rough-legged Hawk 1 16 28 Golden Eagle 2 70 110 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 8 137 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 80 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 65 Unknown Buteo 3 23 52 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: 122 5178 101771 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sarah Rupert Observers: Bob Pettit, Cindy Cartwright, Jim McCoy, Steve Winiarski Visitors: A couple visitors joined the crew on the tower today. Weather: It was a beautiful and sunny day, with fairly calm conditions - certainly not the strong north winds that were predicted. Raptor Observations: It was a relatively slow day, with movement concentration in the midday of the count, and only one raptor recorded in the last hour (which was a lovely adult Golden Eagle). A very late Osprey passed the tower before 9 am. Non-raptor Observations: Common Loon - 1, Pied-billed Grebe - 6, Double-crested Cormorant - 8, Great Blue Heron - 5, Tundra Swan - 18, Mute Swan - 29, Canada Goose - 30, Green-winged Teal - 1, American Black Duck - 15, Mallard - 200+,Northern Pintail - 12, Blue-winged Teal - 12, Northern Shoveler - 30, Gadwall - 40, American Wigeon - 25, Redhead - 2, Common Goldeneye - 6, Bufflehead - 1, Hooded Merganser - 7, Red-breasted Merganser - 25, Ruddy Duck -20, American Coot - 500+, Boneparte's Gull - 12, Ring-billed Gull - 50, Herring Gull = 6, Belted Kingfisher - 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker -1, Downy Woodpecker - 1, Northern Flicker - 1, Horned Lark - 14, American Crow - 20, Black-capped Chickadee - 1, Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2,Carolina Wren - 1, Eastern Bluebird - 8, American Robin - 6, American Pipit - 1, Cedar Waxwing - 12, European Starling - 40, Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1, Northern Cardinal - 8, American Tree Sparrow - 7, Song Sparrow -1, Swamp Sparrow - 1, White-throated Sparrow - 1, Dark-eyed Junco - 10, Snow Bunting - 20, Red-winged Blackbird - 60, Rusty Blackbird - 2, Common Grackle - 12, Brown-headed Cowbird - 6, Purple Finch - 3,House Finch - 1, American Goldfinch - 182, House Sparrow - 4 Predictions: Sunny, SW winds - going to be a lovely day, but not the greatest conditions for migration. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sarah Rupert ([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/
