Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 261 441 4053 Osprey 2 10 67 Bald Eagle 18 21 244 Northern Harrier 2 16 235 Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 263 4774 Cooper's Hawk 13 60 312 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 18 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 48628 Red-tailed Hawk 7 13 380 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 American Kestrel 96 162 1052 Merlin 3 9 69 Peregrine Falcon 2 9 29 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 427 1007 59879 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Frank Dolby, Jim McCoy Visitors: 2 from Montreal and one from the UK. Weather: A cool, cloudy, windy day. The temperature ranged from 10 - 15.4 Degrees. The winds were out of the SW all day blowing from 15 - 30 km/hr. Raptor Observations: I knew it was going to be a good day when I got to the hawk tower and there were 3 adult and 5 juvenile Bald Eagles sitting in trees along the north and west edges of the marsh after taking into consideration the resident eagles. Shortly after sun up they were all up and flying west to be joined by another 10 eagles during the course of the day. Then the Kestrels started coming, despite the strong winds, totalling 93 for the day. The total count was 427 raptors of 10 species. Non-raptor Observations: Only 11 species of non-raptor braved the winds today, all in low numbers including: Killdeer-9; Chimney Swift-1; Red-headed Woodpecker-1; Northern Flicker-3; Blue Jay-13; N. Rough-winged Swallow-19; Bank Swallow-1; Eurasian Starling-6; 1 Kinglet; 4 Warblers; and, American Goldfinch-11. Predictions: Tuesday is forecasted to be the first of 5 sunny days in a row. The temperature is expected to be 7 - 18C. Winds are predicted out of the W in the a.m. at 10 km/hr then shifting to the SE in the afternoon in the same range (perhaps the leading edge of winds created by the now down-graded tropical storm Karen. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
