Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 23 419 419
Osprey 0 22 22
Bald Eagle 13 101 101
Northern Harrier 9 120 120
Sharp-shinned Hawk 191 2585 2585
Cooper's Hawk 6 81 81
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 36 36
Broad-winged Hawk 1472 35572 35572
Red-tailed Hawk 6 181 181
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 19 477 477
Merlin 1 24 24
Peregrine Falcon 1 9 9
Unknown Accipiter 0 14 14
Unknown Buteo 0 15 15
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 1 15 15
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 1742 39678 39678
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Jenna McDermott
Observers: Bob Pettit, Carol Pitts, Chris Craft, Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy,
Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
It was nice to see a few visitors return from earlier in the month as well
as some new visitors from St. Catharines, Windsor, Ohio, and Michigan.
Everyone was very enthusiastic about learning raptor ID points today!
Weather:
A cool and cloudless morning with winds from the N, warming up and turning
to SE winds in mid-morning.
Raptor Observations:
It seems that all the Broad-winged Hawks that roosted around the region
last night flew this morning so we had over 1400 of them go by before the
winds changed. Things really slowed down after that but we got some good
looks at Northern Harrier and a few juvenile Bald Eagles migrating.
Non-raptor Observations:
620 Blue Jays came by in the morning but other than that it was pretty
quiet. 5 species of warblers were seen in the afternoon in the trees around
the tower. A nice highlight was a fledgling Cedar Waxwing that sat on the
tower railing a few feet away from us and called to its parents for a
couple of minutes, providing a beautiful look at the young bird. 5
Monarchs. See today's eBird list
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19878894
Predictions:
A warm day with 25-30km/h winds from the SW.
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Report submitted by Jenna McDermott ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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