Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 518 42675 43122 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 3 144 260 Northern Harrier 4 234 526 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 3650 7662 Cooper's Hawk 3 310 402 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 28 297 297 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 91 2085 2237 Rough-legged Hawk 1 9 9 Golden Eagle 0 18 18 American Kestrel 0 282 1203 Merlin 1 33 120 Peregrine Falcon 0 20 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 5 7 Unknown Buteo 0 20 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 656 49844 62124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Jim McCoy, Michael Williamson, Olga Klekner Visitors: Kit M. was up on the tower for a good portion of the day, and helped out with some crow counting early in the morning. In the afternoon, Olga K. brought two of her friends from Michigan up the tower for a visit; John and Julie were able to see low numbers but some diversity while on the tower. Weather: Winds started off out of the N-NE which was nice, but it wasn't long before they switched over to SE. Raptor Observations: A few birds still moving, but the main migration seemed to end around noon local time today. Non-raptor Observations: The morning was very busy counting both raptors and non-raptors! Gadwall and Ring-necked Duck numbers seemed fairly high, and many other duck species were seen throughout the day as well! There was a Cattle Egret out in the marsh with the Double-crested Cormorants in the afternoon. Migration wise, we had 124 Blue Jays, 7,430 American Crows, 60 Horned Larks, 30 Tree Swallows (getting late, unfortunately no Cave Swallow yet), 44 American Pipit, 485 Cedar Waxwings, a total of around 4,410 Blackbirds, and around 363 Finches. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32320342 Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be warm! Better break out the flip-flops again! S-SW winds 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
