Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 9 37 37 Osprey 1 21 21 Bald Eagle 10 19 19 Northern Harrier 14 39 39 Sharp-shinned Hawk 100 323 323 Cooper's Hawk 13 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 578 762 762 Red-tailed Hawk 14 31 31 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 63 175 175 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 804 1442 1442 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 11 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jason Craft, Kory Renaud Visitors: Approximately 20 visitors from the Essex-Windsor region; Bill Murphy from Indianapolis, Indiana; a gentleman from Toronto and 3 visitors from Michigan. Big thanks to Jason Craft, Kory Renaud and Bill Murphy for their assistance in spotting those high flying Broad-wings. Weather: Temperature between 15 and 23C; light winds out of the north/north-west most of the day with a shift to the south/south-west in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: The first big raptor migration day of the fall with 809 birds of 11 species. Broad-winged Hawks dominated at 578, but they were tough - all flying just below the limit of the cloud ceiling. After the formal count had ended at 4 p.m. EST, an immature Golden Eagle, the first of the year, flew my out at the northern limit of observation. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of good "other" birds today. The 5 American White Pelicans flew back into the marsh today from the north. Only one Pelican was observed all day on September 8th. Shortly after 9:00 EST a flock of 4 Glossy Ibis flew in from the west, circled the entire marsh at Holiday Beach and headed back from whence they came. Other good birds were: 5 Sandhill Cranes; 76 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; 16 Cedar Waxwings; 24 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (all in the same tree at once); 6 Purple Finch and an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Predictions: Another nice fall day with temperatures between 12 and 21, and light winds again out of the northwest at 5 - 10 km/hr. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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/
