Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 507 507
Osprey 0 47 47
Bald Eagle 0 156 156
Northern Harrier 3 150 150
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 3146 3146
Cooper's Hawk 0 178 178
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 11
Broad-winged Hawk 0 47912 47912
Red-tailed Hawk 0 231 231
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 3 627 627
Merlin 4 52 52
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 8
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 6 6
Total: 47 53033 53033
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Dwayne Murphy, Jim McCoy,
John Craft, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
Quite a few visitors on this slow day including: Chris and Sarah from
Toronto; 3 from Oshawa; another 2 from Toronto; 2 from Windsor; 2 from
Essex; 2 from Trenton MI; 2 from Yorkshire, England, 2 from Kingsville and
our regular friends from Tecumseh.
Weather:
Another cloudy day with limited visibility. Temperature ranged from 20 -
26C, which with humidity levels of 75-95% made for a muggy day. Winds, when
they blew, were out of the South all day. The wind speed never made it
above 5 km/hr, and was usually in the 1 - 2 km/hr range.
Raptor Observations:
A slow day with only 47 raptors of 4 species. Sharp-shinned Hawks
predominated at 37 of the 47 birds counted. During the 1200 - 1300 hour I
was actually at -1 Sharpie, 3 flew west and shortly afterward 4 went back
east. Merlins put in another good show with 4 birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
As I said before, you know it is a slow day when I count Starlings. Two
flocks went over totaling 105 birds. The first Northern Shovelers, a male &
female, were observed in the marsh with the Gadwall, American Wigeon,
Green-winged & Blue-winged Teal, Black Duck and Mallards. Shorebirds
included: 1 Killdeer; 1 Spotted Sandpiper; and, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs. Only 1
Swift today, and 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The number of Cedar Waxwings
and American Goldfinch were down today at 8 & 12 birds respectively. Five
species of warbler were observed in the scrubs around the hawk tower. 4
Monarchs.
Predictions:
It has happened already.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected])
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