Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 27 1361 41622 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 21 52 376 Northern Harrier 4 30 414 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 74 6555 Cooper's Hawk 2 35 611 Northern Goshawk 1 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 102 717 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 130 1008 3632 Rough-legged Hawk 2 14 31 Golden Eagle 11 58 81 American Kestrel 1 4 1142 Merlin 2 8 93 Peregrine Falcon 2 9 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 219 2761 104048 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 16:15:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Jim McCoy, Paul Pratt Visitors: Jeremy Vensette and Nadia, and Paul Pratt. Everyone else missed an excellent day Weather: A bit on the cold side, temp ranged from -4 to just above zero but the wind chill was -8 to -10 all day. Most of the marsh was frozen and there was snow on the ground and ice on the tower. Sunrise was beautiful and a lovely dark RL was the first bird of the day Raptor Observations: 13 species today and an amazing Golden Eagle visited the tower - literally! Thanks to the HBMO hawk banders for bringing over an immature GE for us to admire and release. Absolutely amazing!! Non-raptor Observations: Many birds decided today was a good day to get out of Ontario. See our daily posting on eBird under Holiday Beach Hawk Tower Predictions: On the cool side with SW winds and sunshine ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Cartwright ([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
