Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 595 20738 21185 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 3 92 208 Northern Harrier 6 116 408 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 1929 5941 Cooper's Hawk 12 181 273 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 60 60 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 32 456 608 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 224 1145 Merlin 0 14 101 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 33 Unknown Accipiter 1 4 6 Unknown Buteo 0 8 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 686 23891 36171 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Weather: Mostly clear skies today with very few clouds, winds started out very calm to the N, and switched over to the S by 11 local time. Raptor Observations: Fairly slow day today, although we did get our first Northern Goshawk of the season! A nice young bird flying low over the tower around 1:30 local time. Non-raptor Observations: 9,720 Blue Jays today, 3,300 Red-winged Blackbirds, 34 Rusty Blackbirds all observed migrating over. There was also a fairly good finch movement, with 1,032 American Goldfinch, 76 House Finch, and 14 Purple Finch. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32039321 Two Monarchs and a single Black Saddlebag today as well. Predictions: Moderately strong S winds all day tomorrow, with partially cloudy skies. ======================================================================== 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
