Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 161 655 655
Osprey 1 28 28
Bald Eagle 3 104 104
Northern Harrier 9 135 135
Sharp-shinned Hawk 329 3195 3195
Cooper's Hawk 7 88 88
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 39 39
Broad-winged Hawk 110 35682 35682
Red-tailed Hawk 9 191 191
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 32 548 548
Merlin 2 43 43
Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 14 14
Unknown Buteo 1 16 16
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 15 15
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 667 40772 40772
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Jenna McDermott
Observers: Cindy Cartwright, Dan Lumm, John Craft, Todd Pepper,
Tom Preney
Visitors:
We had lots of enthusiastic visitors today: locals; people from Manitoulin,
Ontario and Toronto, Ontario; Ohio; and Michigan.
Weather:
A 9C morning with winds from the N. As the day warmed and cloud cover broke
up, the wind changed direction and came from the W. Visibility was good,
going up to 17km.
Raptor Observations:
There were three periods of the day where most of the numbers came through
with lulls between. The morning was productive for Sharp-shinned Hawks
while the winds were from the N but the day was not warm yet. With some
rising thermals in the early afternoon came around 100 Broad-winged Hawks
and some Turkey Vultures despite the wind switch to the W. Another small
push of Sharp-shins arrived near the end of the day with another wind
switch from the WNW.
Non-raptor Observations:
The Blue Jay count is going well, with 2260. Thanks Scott Fauteux for being
as excited about them as I am! One Snowy Egret was seen very briefly in the
early morning and throughout the day we had 114 American Goldfinches, 6
Common Nighthawks, 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and 3 Killdeer. 10
Monarchs. For others, see today's eBird list
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19910597
Predictions:
Winds coming from the West all day with temperatures rising to 21C.
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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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