Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1461 41722 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 0 70 394 Northern Harrier 4 48 432 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 97 6578 Cooper's Hawk 0 52 628 Northern Goshawk 0 4 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 112 727 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 2 1167 3791 Rough-legged Hawk 1 24 41 Golden Eagle 0 66 89 American Kestrel 0 5 1143 Merlin 0 11 96 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 7 3130 104417 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Weather: A surprising dusting of snow on the ground this morning, and light snow for the first 1.5 hours of the count. The temperature started off at -6.2C and warmed up to -2C.The winds were light to moderate predominately out of the SSE. There was a constantly declining Barometric Pressure from 30.37 in Hg at the start of the count to 30.29 in Hg at the end of the count. Raptor Observations: A slow day with only 7 raptors of 3 species. Non-raptor Observations: Tundra Swan - 7; Northern Pintail - 18; Northern Flicker - 1; American Crow - 1; and, a flock of 36 all male Red-winged Blackbirds. Predictions: The forecast for Friday, November 29 is for a mostly sunny day with temperatures from -7C rising to 0. Winds are predicted to be out of the NW at 10 - 15 km/hr. Those winds should bring through any lingering Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks. ======================================================================== 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
