Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 960 20220 22922 Osprey 2 14 80 Bald Eagle 0 24 122 Northern Harrier 2 83 318 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 1348 4670 Cooper's Hawk 8 132 278 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 18 30 Broad-winged Hawk 0 94 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 0 215 490 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 4 6 American Kestrel 2 133 888 Merlin 1 18 70 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 8 Unknown Buteo 0 3 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 993 22328 35997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: No one braved the weather except Jim McCoy, one of our regular official observers. Weather: A mild day with temperatures ranging from 11.5C - 16C. Strong winds out of the South all day, including a Code 6 wind up to 48 km/hr right on the hour of 9 EST. Heavy rain during that same hour resulted in the station being closed for an hour. Raptor Observations: Very little flew until after the storm passed and then a steady stream of Turkey Vultures started streaming west along the shore line. The occasional falcon flying threw get me on alert. The day ended with 993 birds of which 97% were TV's, and 10 species. Non-raptor Observations: Very little other migration today. Even the American Crows did not start flying until after 3 p.m. EST, and then only 2 small flocks totalling 325 birds. American Goldfinch were flying as single birds instead of flocks and totalled 14 for the day. Other highlights are as follows: Chimney Swift - 4 Northern Flicker - 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Red-winged Blackbird - 1150 Predictions: Another cloudy day with showers forecast all day. Mild with temperatures between 10 - 14C, but another day of high winds out of the south/southeast to 25 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/
