Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 1873 33693
Osprey 0 2 204
Bald Eagle 2 18 199
Northern Harrier 1 127 938
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 112 13071
Cooper's Hawk 2 194 1062
Northern Goshawk 0 11 15
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 347 503
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431
Red-tailed Hawk 5 2391 3336
Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 28
Golden Eagle 0 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: 10 5231 101824
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Chris Craft, Cindy Cartwright, Dennis Patrick, John Craft,
Larry Ludwicki
Visitors:
Dorothy McCleer, Claude Radley, Bob Petitt
Weather:
A beautiful day for the end of November: 8 - 13 degrees Celcius; winds out
of south at 6 - 15 km/hr; mostly cloudly.
Raptor Observations:
10 birds of 4 species
Non-raptor Observations:
Little other migration: 300 mixed blackbirds, mostly starlings with a few
grackles and red-winged blackbirds; 35 American Goldfinch; 12 Pine Siskin;
2 Northern Cardinal; 5 Downy Woodpecker; 3 Northern Flicker.
Predictions:
Warm, winds out of south, rain in a.m. and clearing in p.m.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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