Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 144 144 2349 Osprey 1 1 35 Bald Eagle 1 1 138 Northern Harrier 6 6 234 Sharp-shinned Hawk 126 126 4660 Cooper's Hawk 3 3 154 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 39 Broad-winged Hawk 4 4 36310 Red-tailed Hawk 20 20 275 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 5 American Kestrel 9 9 715 Merlin 1 1 48 Peregrine Falcon 3 3 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 15 Unknown Buteo 2 2 29 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 320 320 45052 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Dennis Patrick, Gwen Patrick Visitors: We had visitors from Kingsville, and Andy from Cincinnati who came just in time to "adopt" a Red-tailed Hawk and release it from the tower. Thanks for the fun day everyone! Weather: 12C rising to 22C in the afternoon with lots of cloud cover for most of the day. Winds came from the N and switched to the SW later on in the day, pushing the birds to cross the marsh a little bit farther north. Raptor Observations: A great day for getting incredible views of birds up close! Sharp-shinned hawks, Peregrines, a Merlin, Turkey Vultures, Red-tails and Harriers all passed by right overhead. A nice variety of 11 species were seen with all three falcon species making an appearance and a total of 320 birds. Non-raptor Observations: There was also a nice variety of non-raptors flying this morning. Bonaparte's Gulls were continuing through with 35, 104 American Goldfinches, 99 Warbler species, an Indigo Bunting and 4 Killdeer were seen. Blue Jays are still doing well with 18040 today! 5 Monarchs. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20004779 Predictions: 15km/h winds from the S and SE with temperatures up to 23C. ======================================================================== 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
