Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1016 18257 21869 Osprey 0 19 76 Bald Eagle 2 62 285 Northern Harrier 2 95 314 Sharp-shinned Hawk 55 899 5410 Cooper's Hawk 11 205 457 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 21 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 2 312 679 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 4 6 American Kestrel 2 221 1111 Merlin 1 17 77 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: 1092 20127 78999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Just 2 visitors out today enjoying their day off. Weather: A cloudy day that ended in rain. The temperature ranged from 12 - 15C. The winds had a south or south-westerly component to them all day. While winds were forecasted at 30 km/hr with gusts to 50 km/hr the top end recorded during the day was 25, and the average was more in the range of 13 km/hr. Raptor Observations: A half decent flight of TV's in the morning and tapering off in the afternoon produced 1,016 of the 1092 raptors counted today. The highlight was the first Rough-legged Hawk for the count season. It was a light morph bird, so perhaps the same bird the hawk banders almost got in their nets yesterday. Non-raptor Observations: Another slow day for non-raptor migration with just 1,066 birds of 11 species. Three species made up 90% of the total with Blue Jays at 57% with 606 birds; Tree Swallows at 22% with 258 birds; and, American Crow at 12% with 126 birds. One Monarch today. Predictions: It is going to be chilly tomorrow with the temperature in the a.m. forecasted to be 3C, rising to 10C. It is going to be mostly cloudy, but only a low P.O.P of 10%. Winds are forecasted to be out of the W at 20 km/hr. TV's and Red-tails should be moving, and perhaps the occasional falcon. ======================================================================== 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
