Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1460 41721 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 1 66 390 Northern Harrier 1 40 424 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 93 6574 Cooper's Hawk 3 50 626 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 106 721 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 22 1107 3731 Rough-legged Hawk 0 23 40 Golden Eagle 0 64 87 American Kestrel 0 5 1143 Merlin 0 11 96 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 43 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 9 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: 30 3042 104329 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Claire Sanders Observers: Chris Craft, Claude Radley, John Craft Weather: Mainly sunny with brisk Northwest wind. Snow showers ended the flight around 1pm. Raptor Observations: A few birds were moving against the strong Northwest winds. Non-raptor Observations: American Goldfinch (49), European Starling (30), Red-winged Blackbird (4), Brown-headed Cowbird (110), Tundra Swan (4), American Pipit (7), Eastern Bluebird (3), American Crow (12), Ring-billed Gull (45), Herring Gull (17) Predictions: Cold with temperatures near freezing. Northwest winds at 10-20 km/h with broken cloud. Should be a decent flight. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claire Sanders ([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
