Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 34 494 494
Osprey 0 27 27
Bald Eagle 0 101 101
Northern Harrier 2 126 126
Sharp-shinned Hawk 138 2866 2866
Cooper's Hawk 0 81 81
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 36 36
Broad-winged Hawk 0 35572 35572
Red-tailed Hawk 0 182 182
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 24 516 516
Merlin 4 41 41
Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 14 14
Unknown Buteo 0 15 15
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 15 15
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 202 40105 40105
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Jenna McDermott
Observers: Chris Craft, Cindy Cartwright, Dennis Patrick, Gwen Patrick,
Jason Craft, Karen Padbury, Kory Renaud
Visitors:
A good showing for our last day of festival this year, including a few
budding young birders who were spotting Harriers and Sharpies way across
the marsh! Good job everyone, and thanks to all who came out this weekend
and helped make the atmosphere up on the tower so much fun.
Weather:
Winds were up to 26km/h today, coming from the SW and W. It was a beautiful
day with rain beginning just after we closed up.
Raptor Observations:
A moderate day, considering the winds. Sharp-shinned Hawks were most
abundant, with American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures coming in second. A
Peregrine Falcon zoomed by to the W and ended up coming back again, so
wasn't counted as migrating. Hopefully we'll see it again another day!
Non-raptor Observations:
970 Blue Jays made up our big numbers, and also let us know when a raptor
was on its way by their collective swooping down into the trees. 36 Chimney
Swifts, 12 R-Throated Hummingbirds, and 82 American Goldfinches were also
seen. 2 Monarchs. See today's eBird list
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19899632
Predictions:
A cooler day, temperatures only going up to 17C but with winds from the NW,
hopefully bringing some more hawks with them!
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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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