Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1284 48012 Osprey 0 0 53 Bald Eagle 0 17 253 Northern Harrier 3 38 441 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 98 7722 Cooper's Hawk 2 13 299 Northern Goshawk 0 2 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 62 382 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 2 448 1807 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 16 Golden Eagle 1 18 45 American Kestrel 0 4 1023 Merlin 0 1 70 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 48 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 7 190 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 0 46 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 9 2006 96796 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Claude Radley Weather: A dark and drizzly day with visibility only within the marsh for much of the time. Winds came from the SE in the morning, S and SW in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: There was good variety (Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle) even though there were only 9 raptors today. A peregrine flew from West to East in the morning holding unidentified breakfast in its talons; it looked in a hurry to find a perch to eat from. A Golden Eagle was the last bird of the day. It landed at the west side of the marsh in a tree next to two of the resident juvenile Bald Eagles and upon a quick scan of that treeline, 8 eagles (7 Balds, 1 Golden) were perched in view at the same time! Non-raptor Observations: Passerines were flying between bouts of drizzle. A group of 25 Pine Siskins got very excited about an alder tree as they flew by so they made a quick turn and landed in it in quite the frenzy. A late surprise was a Mourning Warbler feeding in the bushes around the tower! See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20461393 Predictions: A cool day with temperatures only up to 6C. Finally we are expecting some north component winds and some birds with them! ======================================================================== 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
