Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 794 8641 12253 Osprey 3 15 72 Bald Eagle 18 52 275 Northern Harrier 1 64 283 Sharp-shinned Hawk 33 439 4950 Cooper's Hawk 12 141 393 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 34 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 12 106 473 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 4 American Kestrel 0 185 1075 Merlin 1 12 72 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 875 9686 68558 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Bri-Anna Jaksic Observers: Donny Moore Visitors: Many visitors from The United States wanting to visit the hawk tower, and Holiday Beach as many of their parks are closed. I had the pleasure of spending the majority of my day with Donnie, a fellow Golden-Eagle enthusiast. I also had the pleasure of meeting members Gwen and Dennis, and many families were out enjoying the holiday weekend. A special thank you, to Bob Hall-Brooks for lending his scope to make counting much easier! Many thanks! Weather: A bright and warm sunny day made for a beautiful day on the hawk tower. The fog was thick in the morning but burned off around 10am, leaving clear skies for the remainder of the day. The temperature ranged from 12-24C. The winds were from the NE in the morning changing to S-SE in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: With the beautiful weather brought many raptors very high and to the North of the tower. The joke of the day was, a Hubble telescope could have proved much benefit in counting the many TV dominated kettles. Alas, we had 875 total raptors of 8 species. Non-raptor Observations: Bob Hall-Brooks visited the tower with many banded captures including, Wood Thrush, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, Black-pole Warbler and a Golden Crowned Kinglet. Many Dragonflies came through, many of them were high in flight and were difficult to identify, I did however count 6 Autumn Meadowhawks. Blue Jays=1023 Monarchs= 20 Predictions: Winds are reported to be from the North in the morning, with an afternoon high of 20C. Some strong gusts of wind might bring hawks in closer, making an easier day for counting. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bri-Anna Jaksic ([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
