Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 21 1619 48347 Osprey 0 0 53 Bald Eagle 2 33 269 Northern Harrier 7 62 465 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 122 7746 Cooper's Hawk 1 21 307 Northern Goshawk 0 3 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 88 391 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 21 778 2137 Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 19 Golden Eagle 0 31 57 American Kestrel 0 4 1023 Merlin 0 3 72 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 48 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 19 219 Unknown Eagle 0 2 4 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 54 2803 97593 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: 3 folks from Duncan, British Columbia spent a few minutes on the tower along with Stan Stan, one of our regular visitors. Thanks to Greg, Larry and Jim for keeping the cold hours at bay with good company! Weather: Temperatures hovered around 2C all day with 4-14km/h winds from the west, with gusts up to 25km/h. Raptor Observations: A mildly infrequent, but steady, stream of raptors flew through today, most coming fairly close to the tower. 7 nice Northern Harriers were seen, appearing carefree and strong in flight as usual. 21 of both Red-tailed Hawks and Turkey Vultures migrated, along with 2 juvenile Bald Eagles, 2 Sharp-shinned and 1 Cooper's Hawk. A day well worth the temperature. Non-raptor Observations: The morning didn't bring many large flocks and there were no American Crows today, but American Goldfinches were bouncing within a foot of our faces all day long, reaching 239! Tundra Swans were flying in abundance, 194 passing over the marsh by the end of the day. A wonderful treat just before packing up was 2 Snow Geese that had joined a group of Tundra Swans! See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20528806 Predictions: Winds will be from the west all day. Starting at -1C and going to just above freezing, it'll be a cool one tomorrow. Chance of flurries so come on up to the tower if you want to have an early season snowball fight with really small snowballs! Don't forget to wear your warm clothes! ======================================================================== 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
