Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 79 734 734 Osprey 1 29 29 Bald Eagle 0 104 104 Northern Harrier 16 151 151 Sharp-shinned Hawk 364 3559 3559 Cooper's Hawk 10 98 98 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 39 39 Broad-winged Hawk 141 35823 35823 Red-tailed Hawk 10 201 201 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 29 577 577 Merlin 1 44 44 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12 Unknown Accipiter 0 14 14 Unknown Buteo 4 20 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 15 15 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 655 41427 41427 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: We had a good group of visitors again today, many returning from yesterday, including a retired neurobiology professor, a couple from Detroit, and lady celebrating her birthday by coming to Holiday Beach like she's always wanted to. We were also joined by a grade 9 class from Maranatha Christian Academy on a field trip with ERCA. Weather: A nice, sunny day with no clouds. Winds came from the W, with S components a little later on. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned hawks were flying well throughout the day, close to the tower. Young Northern Harriers were also quite obliging, giving everyone nice looks at their "pumpkin" coloured bellies as they meandered over the tower. Turkey Vultures and 141 Broad-wings went by at the north end of the marsh. All in all, a nice steady stream of 9 species. Non-raptor Observations: We had 22 species of migrating non-raptors including 4790 Blue Jays , 110 Cedar Waxwings and 187 American Goldfinches. Quite a few warblers were in the trees around the marsh this morning as well as 85 Red-winged Blackbirds that headed out today and 4 White-throated Sparrows. 43 Monarchs. For a complete list of species seen today see eBird http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19918672 Predictions: Winds at 10-15km/h from the East all day with temperatures up to 21C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott ([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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
