Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 13 13 Osprey 5 20 20 Bald Eagle 5 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 18 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 117 117 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 87 161 161 Red-tailed Hawk 5 13 13 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 42 77 77 Merlin 4 7 7 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 185 443 443 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Claude Radley Visitors: Perhaps 6 visitors that stayed long enough to get a grand view of the marsh and left. They were not birders. Weather: Hot! 24.7-29-3C; Wind NE early moving clockwise to south @ 11 EST; Cloud cover 30%-.60%->20%; 29.84 in Hg Steady; Vis 12 KM no precip. Raptor Observations: Birds high a shoreline early. Migration line moved north of tower site at horizon when wind shifted. BW, SS, and AK showed up today. OK each of the September type birds except NH showed up. Claude Radley was invaluable sighting far birds. Thanks Claude! Non-raptor Observations: 5 of the Am White Pelicans that have been here for several months put on a show of flying around and did come over the Tower for a time. G. Egret-150, Green Heron--2, Sora-2, Killdeer-3-, Rock Dove -1 (dove at owl decoy),Swifts-7. Hummer-4. Swallow Sp.-44, Gnatcatcher-1, Waxwing-12, Goldfinch-61, Monarch-48. Predictions: Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. High of 81F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit ([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/
