Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 23 39 39
Osprey 2 46 46
Bald Eagle 19 57 57
Northern Harrier 24 131 131
Sharp-shinned Hawk 560 1372 1372
Cooper's Hawk 0 15 15
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7540 10784 10784
Red-tailed Hawk 2 20 20
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 82 634 634
Merlin 4 17 17
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1
Total: 8257 13120 13120
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Cindy Cartwright, Cramer, Jenna McDermott, Jeremy Bensette,
Kory Renaud, Olga Klekner, Roland Klekner
Visitors:
We had a full deck most of the day on the tower. Visitors enjoyed a great
hawk flight, and were much appreciated for helping to spot the high birds,
and distant kettles against the blue skies.
Weather:
Another beautiful morning for the second day of HawkFest!
A clear, sunny morning with temps starting at 11.3C with winds from the NW.
Temps warmed to 20.6C late in the afternoon. Winds shifted from NW to NNW
to W as the day went by. Cloud cover was sparce in the morning and built
up some through out the day.
Raptor Observations:
Our highlight today was two fold. Broad-winged Hawks were on the move, and
with them was a lone Swainson's Hawk who soared high right over the tower!
The Juv Swainson's was streaming with a group of Broad-winged Hawks and
passed over at 10:45am.
Non-raptor Observations:
eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S25034211
Predictions:
Warmer temps for Mon, with SW winds.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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