Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 780 1577 30715 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 3 12 151 Northern Harrier 8 15 436 Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 84 5495 Cooper's Hawk 17 51 570 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 61 103 380 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 704 1332 2742 Rough-legged Hawk 1 3 13 Golden Eagle 10 13 22 American Kestrel 0 3 936 Merlin 0 1 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 0 12 18 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 1607 3209 47774 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Cindy Isenhoff, Kory Renaud, Larry Ludwicki, Paul Pratt Visitors: A good turn out of regulars. Weather: Cloudy with moderate NW winds and bitter cool. For a brief period of onshore flow when the land surface became warmwer than the lake the wind backed to SW. Raptor Observations: A decent flight given the overcast conditions with most birds very high and in and out of the cloud deck. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors include 4 Wilson Snipe, 1750 American Crow, 180 Common Grackle,60 Brown-headed Cowbird, 4 Purple Finch, 1 Common Redpoll, 6 Evening Grossbeak. Predictions: Variable clouds with light NW-N winds and cool. Should be a great day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley ([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/
