Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2750 31888 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 24 163 Northern Harrier 1 39 460 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 135 5546 Cooper's Hawk 0 108 627 Northern Goshawk 0 8 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 241 518 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2135 3545 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 16 Golden Eagle 0 33 42 American Kestrel 0 4 937 Merlin 0 4 88 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 0 16 22 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 2 5504 50069 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: None Weather: Light winds out of the south-east, temperature steady at between 6.2 - 6.5C. Raptor Observations: As predicted, the last day of the count went out with a whimper. A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was waiting for me when I got to the tower and flew west shortly thereafter. At 9:31 a male Northern Harrier flew through. Non-raptor Observations: Finally enough blackbirds to at least bake a pie! Today's complete non-raptor list included: Tundra Swan - 145 Eastern Bluebird - 2 Red-winged Blackbird - 55 American Goldfinch - 1 Predictions: N/A ======================================================================== 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/
