Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 10 10 Osprey 9 12 12 Bald Eagle 15 16 16 Northern Harrier 37 75 75 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 55 55 Cooper's Hawk 4 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 117 211 211 Red-tailed Hawk 42 56 56 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 58 114 114 Merlin 2 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 327 555 555 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks Visitors: A good number of visitors to the tower this afternoon! A young couple from Florida came up the tower and we had a nice discussion of migrating raptors. There was also a couple from London, Ontario that came a visited, as they do several times a year. Later on in the evening there were a few family groups with their kids on the tower. Weather: The morning started off nice a cool with a very light wind from the North. In the afternoon, the wind switched to the NE and we received a few moderate gusts. Mostly clear skies most of the day made it hard to pick out many raptors in the sky! Raptor Observations: Today was another nice day to watch hawks! Although early morning started out slower than yesterday's, later on the birds were clearly moving! And most of them very high! Non-raptor Observations: Non-migrant raptors were much slower than yesterdays, only 194 Cedar Waxwings were noted migrating. Although the slow movement of raptors in the early morning gave time to try to identify a few more of the warblers going through, and 9 species were seen from the tower, totaling only 76 individuals. There were 18 Green Darners, 14 Black Saddlebags, and a single Twelve-spotted Skimmer that were noted migrating past today. Two Monarch Butterflies were seen migrating. Predictions: Tomorrow we are looking at similar temperatures as today, with the wind starting out in the N, and switching to NE throughout the day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
