Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2014
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 1544 48272
Osprey 0 0 53
Bald Eagle 0 31 267
Northern Harrier 8 51 454
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 112 7736
Cooper's Hawk 1 16 302
Northern Goshawk 1 3 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 86 406
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348
Red-tailed Hawk 29 717 2076
Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 19
Golden Eagle 1 30 57
American Kestrel 0 4 1023
Merlin 0 3 72
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 48
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23
Unknown Buteo 0 19 202
Unknown Eagle 0 2 3
Unknown Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown Raptor 0 0 46
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 51 2635 97425
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Jeremy Hatt
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki,
Marianne Balkwill
Visitors:
A few visitors made it up the tower today but didn't stay long. A big thank
you to Marianne Balkwill, Larry Ludwicki, and Jim McCoy for their help and
company on the tower throughout the day.
Weather:
A cloudy day w/ light southwest winds throughout the morning and afternoon.
Temperatures ranged from a low of 5.2C to a high of 8.2C.
Raptor Observations:
A fairly slow day on the tower due to south winds, especially the
afternoon, which had only 1 Red-tailed Hawk in the final 2 hours of the
count. An immature Northern Goshawk flying fairly close to the tower was a
highlight along w/ 8 Northern Harriers. Red-tailed Hawk was the most
abundant raptor w/ 29 birds counted. No falcons or Turkey Vultures were
seen today.
Non-raptor Observations:
A good variety of ducks is still present on the marsh including Gadwall
(second-most abundant), Mallard (most abundant), American Black Duck,
Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck,
Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck. Scaups were seen flying by on the lake and 2
Common Loons were spotted as well. Tundra Swans are flying over in small
numbers. High numbers of American Coots are also present on the marsh.
Many passerines were flying over the tower in the morning hours. By
afternoon, very few birds of any kind were in the air. Highlights included
230 American Crows, 134 Horned Larks, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 81 American
Robins, 9 American Pipits, 137 Cedar Waxwings, 6 Snow Buntings, 1,360
Red-winged Blackbirds, 40 Purple Finches, 89 Pine Siskins, and a whopping
757 American Goldfinches.
See eBird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20495085
Predictions:
South winds of up to 15km/h predicted w/ temperatures ranging from 6C-11C
by the afternoon. Likely to see similar results as today.
========================================================================
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
