Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 74 272 272 Osprey 2 59 59 Bald Eagle 6 101 101 Northern Harrier 8 258 258 Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 3587 3587 Cooper's Hawk 2 76 76 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 28 5871 5871 Red-tailed Hawk 18 136 136 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 900 900 Merlin 0 79 79 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 10 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 5 5 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 213 11359 11359 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Jim McCoy, Olga Klekner Visitors: The beautiful fall weather brought many visitors to the tower today...from both near and far. Amy and Audra from Windsor and Sam and Damaris from New Hampshire passed the morning hours with me. Olga was there with friends from New York City. Several couples from London Ontario, Mr & Mrs Chan from East Lansing MI, and many others kept the conversation going throughout the day. Weather: A sunny cool morning warmed nicely throughout the day. Winds were East and South, mainly light. Raptor Observations: 10 Species of raptor were observed today. Still a few Broad-winged Hawks moving through. Red-tailed Hawks are starting to move through in small numbers, while Sharp-shinned Hawks continue. Our resident Bald Eagle population was active in patrolling the skies today. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays showed some good numbers today ending with 14,660. Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons are still in the marsh with double digit numbers, and the Mute Swans seem to be multiplying. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([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
