Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 570 42571 44776 Osprey 0 19 53 Bald Eagle 1 85 222 Northern Harrier 3 154 382 Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 2826 7360 Cooper's Hawk 3 113 264 Northern Goshawk 1 6 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 180 219 Broad-winged Hawk 1 30 36336 Red-tailed Hawk 149 898 1153 Rough-legged Hawk 2 5 5 Golden Eagle 4 10 15 American Kestrel 2 308 1014 Merlin 1 18 65 Peregrine Falcon 1 25 43 Unknown Accipiter 0 6 21 Unknown Buteo 0 120 147 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 5 6 Unknown Raptor 0 19 42 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 813 47399 92131 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeremy Hatt Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Dan Lumm, Donny Moore, Jim McCoy Visitors: Quite a few visitors came up the tower today, enjoying a beautiful, warm fall day. Many thanks to Dan Lumm, Jim McCoy, and Donny Moore for helping w/ the count and to the hawk-banding crew for bringing a Red-tailed Hawk and Sharp-shinned Hawk to the tower for many to enjoy. Weather: Variable cloudiness throughout the day w/ some hours having 0% cloud cover and others having 100%. Winds were out of the SW in the morning and then shifted to W in the afternoon. It was a warm day w/ temperatures reaching 23.6C. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: A few passerines migrated by the tower in the morning but by afternoon, very little was on the move. The marsh continues to be great for waterfowl w/ Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, and Ring-necked Duck all seen from the tower. A major highlight today was a single American White Pelican that flew high over the tower in the morning and then returned in the afternoon, flying 20 metres from the tower, where many observers got to enjoy great looks. A few passerine migrant counts: American Crow (155), Horned Lark (24) Tree Swallow (31), American Robin (24), European Starling (3,510), Cedar Waxwing (137), Red-winged Blackbird (290), Pine Siskin (169), American Goldfinch (217). Predictions: Sunny w/ west winds throughout the day gusting up to 20km/h and temperatures up to 14C in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeremy Hatt ([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
