Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1415 23881 24328 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 1 97 213 Northern Harrier 13 133 425 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 2058 6070 Cooper's Hawk 23 209 301 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 42 102 102 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 103 568 720 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 4 232 1153 Merlin 1 22 109 Peregrine Falcon 1 12 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6 Unknown Buteo 4 12 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1648 27389 39669 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Dave Martin, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson Visitors: A few visitors today, though unfortunately most of the birds were fairly distant and didn't give great views. Weather: Very little wind most of the day, didn't seem like enough to effect the flight greatly. Wispy clouds for most of the day helped with picking out birds! Raptor Observations: Was a little worrisome first thing this morning when there were only 2 birds in the first 2 hours, then just 3 more in the third, but at shortly after 11am local time, things started to pick up...well for a little over an hour or so anyway, then it got dead again. But after several hours with a slow trickle of birds, a big movement came around 3pm local time, and lasted about two hours steady, only problem was most of this movement was way to the North, and not even visible through binoculars for the most part. Ended up with good numbers of Turkey Vultures, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Though the first two hour of the count were slow for raptors, there were lots of migrating passerines. We got our first push of American Crows with 209, and 4,470 Blue Jays also migrated over. A total of 62 Killdeer migrated past the tower today also. 8 Eastern Bluebirds, 104 American Robins, about 2,400 Red-winged Blackbirds, 208 Rusty Blackbirds, 37 Common Grackles, 84 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 1,320 unidentified Blackbirds, 32 House Finch, 37 Purple Finch, and 431 American Goldfinch were all counted migrating West over the Hawk Tower today. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32116289 One Black Saddlebag, and 6 Monarchs were observed. Predictions: Northerly winds all day, but rain is also in the forecast all 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
