Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4 1873 33693 Osprey 0 2 204 Bald Eagle 1 16 197 Northern Harrier 1 126 937 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 112 13071 Cooper's Hawk 4 192 1060 Northern Goshawk 0 11 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 347 503 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 23 2386 3331 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 28 Golden Eagle 1 72 112 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 8 137 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 80 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 65 Unknown Buteo 0 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: 34 5221 101814 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Claude Radley Visitors: Ryan Terry Weather: Mostly sunny with constant south winds. Temperature ranged from 8.1 C in morning to 12.4 C Raptor Observations: Steady trickle of raptors to the north of tower Non-raptor Observations: Beautiful day to be outside. 12 Eastern Bluebirds were a nice surprise. Snow Buntings - 24, Horned Lark - 45, Pied-billed Grebe - 4, Double-crested Cormorant - 10, Great Blue Heron - 4, Tundra Swan - 23, Mute Swan - 50+, Canada Goose - 18, American Black Duck - 12, Mallard - 1000+, Northern Pintail - 50+, Northern Shoveler - 25, Gadwall - 30+, Bufflehead - 3, Hooded Merganser - 1, Common Merganser - 15, Red-breasted Merganser - 14, Ruddy Duck - 22, American Coot -1000+, Bonaparte's Gull - 32, Ring-billed Gull - 30, Herring Gull - 4, Belted Kingfisher - 1, Northern Flicker - 3, European Starling - 86, Northern Cardinal - 2, American Tree Sparrow - 2, Red-winged Blackbird - 21, mixed blackbird flocks - 250, American Goldfinch - 102, American Crow - 19 Predictions: South winds, partly sunny in the morning and getting cloudy in the afternoon, possibility of rain, high of 13C ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Cartwright ([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/
