Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 503 2453 2900 Osprey 1 3 66 Bald Eagle 1 19 135 Northern Harrier 5 53 345 Sharp-shinned Hawk 56 1409 5421 Cooper's Hawk 7 84 176 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 24 24 Broad-winged Hawk 2 39 6104 Red-tailed Hawk 10 95 247 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 103 1024 Merlin 0 5 92 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 27 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3 Unknown Buteo 1 2 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 596 4297 16577 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Visitors: A few visitors today, including Bill and Jean from Chicago, who are down for a couple days and were able to see a nice Red-shouldered Hawk today. Weather: More cloudless skies and South winds for most of the day! The winds started switching to more Westerly around 3pm local time. Raptor Observations: Similar to yesterday, the majority of the raptors observed today were Turkey Vultures picked up to the North mostly through the scope. Surprisingly less Accipiters, and more Buteos than yesterday. Non-raptor Observations: 14,400 Blue Jays observed flying over today, as well as 1,417 American Goldfinches and 490 Red-winged Blackbirds. Also of note were the first 3 fly-over Purple Finches of the year. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31935723 3 Black Saddlebags, 1 Green Darner, and 4 Monarchs today. Predictions: The rain overnight is supposed to have stopped by morning, and we should be getting more clear skies, but the morning is supposed to get some NW winds, switching to the W for part of the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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
