Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 292 2638 45760
Osprey 0 0 68
Bald Eagle 3 23 283
Northern Harrier 13 59 585
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 109 7771
Cooper's Hawk 14 83 485
Northern Goshawk 1 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 27 220 517
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6115
Red-tailed Hawk 366 1561 3798
Rough-legged Hawk 2 7 16
Golden Eagle 3 31 49
American Kestrel 0 2 1205
Merlin 0 4 124
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 44
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 2 10 35
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 2 6
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 730 4753 66877
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Dave Martin, Jim McCoy, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson,
Natasha Barlow
Visitors:
Some of the usual helpers on the tower today!
Weather:
First two hours of counting had crazy strong North winds! I recorded gusts
of 38km/hr, and an average of 33.5km/hr at one point! We went through both
extremes of cloud cover, with solid cloud skies in the morning, and
cloudless skies in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
A fairly good day for migration, though most happened in the morning. A
good movement of Red-tailed Hawks (higher than Turkey Vultures for the
first time in awhile). 3 Golden Eagles, 2 light Rough-legged Hawks, and a
early morning Northern Goshawk were the days highlights.
Non-raptor Observations:
A very late Wilson's Warbler was in the shrubs West of the tower when I
first got there in the morning, appeared to likely be a hatch-year female.
We heard our first Tundra Swans of the season in the mid-late afternoon,
though they were never seen. For the full eBird checklist, go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32449558
Predictions:
Fairly strong SW winds are predicted for tomorrow.
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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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