Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 36 234 234
Osprey 2 59 59
Bald Eagle 10 105 105
Northern Harrier 7 257 257
Sharp-shinned Hawk 65 3583 3583
Cooper's Hawk 8 82 82
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 181 6024 6024
Red-tailed Hawk 12 130 130
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 901 901
Merlin 1 80 80
Peregrine Falcon 1 9 9
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 1 2 2
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 329 11475 11475
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Larry Ludwicki
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Carol Pitts, Chris Craft, Dan Lumm,
Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury
Visitors:
The Tower had many visitors from mid-morning to 1pm. This included a local
amazing race where teams had to identify a raptor as part of their
challenge before moving on. Many thanks to all the assistance recieved on
the tower, particularly to Dan Lumm who was there for almost the whole day.
Weather:
It was a very nice day, not too hot.
Raptor Observations:
A few more Broad-winged Hawks came through, no huge pushes of anything but
11 Raptor species.
Non-raptor Observations:
26,800 Blue Jays observed migrating. For the full eBird checklist go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31772727
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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