Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1341 17241 20853 Osprey 0 19 76 Bald Eagle 1 60 283 Northern Harrier 12 93 312 Sharp-shinned Hawk 85 844 5355 Cooper's Hawk 6 194 446 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 21 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 32 310 677 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 4 6 American Kestrel 4 219 1109 Merlin 0 16 76 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 30 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: 1482 19035 77907 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Dennis Gidge, Gwen Gidge, Jim McCoy, Todd Pepper Visitors: Many visitors but for very brief amounts of time today. Thanks to Tracy from the Canadian Peregrine Foundation and her fried Sherry for keeping me company this morning. Special thanks to my friend Jackie for braving the winds today and keeping me company all day! Weather: Overall a very breezy and partly sunny day. Nice amount of high clouds to pop the hawks into view. Temperatures ranged from 8.7C in the early morning to 17C in the afternoon. Winds were mainly from the West with some Southerly component throughout the day, ranging from 20.4 kph early down to an hour in the afternoon with only 4.1kph clocked. Visabiltiy was good through the day. Raptor Observations: Another "big number" Turkey Vulture day. Only 7 other raptor species rounding out the day. Birds were for the most part visable to the unaided eye. Non-raptor Observations: Song birds were hunkered down in the brisk morning winds with very little movement. The trees and bushes around the tower were quiet. Late morning brought some movement of Blue Jays 409, Red-winged Blackbirds 96, American Crows 134 (mainly in one large "murder") American Goldfinch 24+, Tree Swallows 2, Killdeer 2, Downy Woodpecker 1, and 3 Monarch Butterflies. Predictions: Cloudy and breezy with a chance of passing showers. Southwest winds with temps similar to today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([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
