Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 4331 29589 30036
Osprey 0 5 68
Bald Eagle 6 108 224
Northern Harrier 18 187 479
Sharp-shinned Hawk 351 3067 7079
Cooper's Hawk 23 251 343
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 29 142 142
Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115
Red-tailed Hawk 86 745 897
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 17 276 1197
Merlin 2 27 114
Peregrine Falcon 2 15 37
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6
Unknown Buteo 0 12 17
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Raptor 1 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 1 1 2
Total: 4868 34485 46765
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Dan Lumm, Dave Martin,
Ian Woodfield, Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki, Linda Wladarski,
Michael Williamson
Visitors:
Lots of visitors to see the birds today!
Weather:
Very little clouds today, with moderately strong N to WNW winds.
Raptor Observations:
An excellent day on the tower today! Good numbers of Turkey Vultures going
through, as well as Sharp-shinned, and Red-tailed Hawks. Highlight was a
definitive Juvenile Swainson's Hawk! Which appeared with a stream of Turkey
Vultures at 4:45pm local time! In addition to that bird, we had a possible
Swainson's Hawk at 3:25, which has not been confirmed and has gone down as
an unknown raptor for now. Another note, we had our first Rough-legged Hawk
of the year! A beautiful intermediate-dark morph, likely male, that came in
low, below tower level and gave us some gorgeous views.
Non-raptor Observations:
The Plegadis Ibis sp. was observed again, this time doing a couple flybys
of the tower first thing this morning. 1,730 American Crows migrated past
the tower today, as well as 54 Blue Jays. For the full eBird checklist, go
to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32160716
Predictions:
Winds to start out in the W, switching to the SW in the afternoon. Mostly
sunny skies.
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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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