Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 13 1707 48435 Osprey 0 3 56 Bald Eagle 0 49 285 Northern Harrier 5 171 574 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 152 7776 Cooper's Hawk 1 37 323 Northern Goshawk 0 5 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 21 146 449 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 59 1140 2499 Rough-legged Hawk 1 18 24 Golden Eagle 4 54 80 American Kestrel 0 7 1026 Merlin 0 5 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 54 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 2 26 226 Unknown Eagle 0 3 5 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 109 3534 98324 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Claude Radley, Jeremy Hatt, Jim McCoy Weather: A completely beautiful November day when the sun was out; a little chilly when there was full cloud cover. Winds went up to 10km/h from the NW in the morning, moving to the W and getting a small S component by the end of the day. Raptor Observations: What an exceptional day! There was a really big hour between 12 and 1pm when we had 59 raptors fly over; mostly Red-tails with quite a nice flight of Red-shoulders as well. During the rest of the day, 4 Golden Eagles migrated, one landing on the ice and picking up a snack where it was watched very closely by two of the resident Bald Eagles. A dark-colouration Rough-legged Hawk was a very nice sighting at the north side of the marsh and a kettle of 13 Turkey Vultures also made their way across. At the end of the day, 109 raptors had migrated, lovely! Non-raptor Observations: Most of the excitement of non-raptors came from American Crows, with 1670 passing over the marsh. Goldfinches, Starlings, Robins, Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds also made their way overhead. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20700098 Predictions: -5 to -1C with the winds from the SW and S at 10-15km/h. Flurries in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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
