Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 171 694 50547 Osprey 0 1 83 Bald Eagle 1 3 174 Northern Harrier 2 51 717 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 92 8186 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 188 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 67 299 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 24 255 1048 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 9 29 American Kestrel 0 2 1518 Merlin 0 0 58 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 16 Unknown Buteo 0 0 82 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 207 1183 79657 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Dwayne Murphy, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud Visitors: Chris visited in the afternoon Weather: After the early morning rain stopped, clouds persisted through the day, allowing patches of sun through in the afternoon. Visibility was great, and Michigan could be seen for the whole count. Temperatures hovered a couple of degrees around 15C, and the wind blew also around 15kph for most of the day, from the mostly the S and SW. Raptor Observations: The day started off strong with 6 Turkey Vultures and 2 Red-tailed Hawks that must had decided to take the opportunity once the rain stopped to get out of town. This "flurry", if you will, was followed by a lot of empty skies, and even a Sharpie and Cooper's Hawk flying to the east again. Eventually, we got ahead in the count when a couple of groups of Turkey Vultures started a slow procession across the north side of the marsh, along with a couple dozen Red-tails and a Red-shoulder. Sharpies, a harrier, and a juvenile Bald Eagle also graced us with their presence. The best bird of the day was a stunning juvenile Peregrine Falcon that was headed straight overhead, evidently filled up with something tasty from lunch. The Osprey that has lingered here was present again today, briefly. Non-raptor Observations: There's not too many times that you can say you've seen more Rusty Blackbirds in a day than Red-winged Blackbirds, but this was one of those times! Not even one Blue Jay or crow was seen from the tower. Other migrating birds were: 22 American Robins, 10 Cedar Waxwings, 30 American Goldfinches, a Killdeer, and a Greater Yellowlegs. The numerous ducks, as always, provided great entertainment. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S25725862 Predictions: A much more typical November temperature and moderate west winds ======================================================================== 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
