Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2792 45914 Osprey 0 0 68 Bald Eagle 0 32 292 Northern Harrier 2 84 610 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 118 7780 Cooper's Hawk 4 103 505 Northern Goshawk 0 2 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 249 546 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 10 2119 4356 Rough-legged Hawk 0 11 20 Golden Eagle 0 37 55 American Kestrel 0 4 1207 Merlin 0 6 126 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 38 63 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 6 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 17 5600 67724 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Visitors: Kit M., Jim M., and Mike W., were up on the tower today for varying amounts of time, all hoping for a glimpse of a Gyrfalcon! There was also a gentleman from London ON that had come down to see the Cattle Egrets just up the road from the park, though unfortunately they did not seem to be present today. Weather: Moderate-light South component winds all day seemed to keep all the birds away! We had great skies for watching birds, but unfortunately those skies were wasted. Raptor Observations: Today was a fairly fruitless day with only 17 raptors being recorded, 10 of which being Red-tailed Hawks slowly making their way West along the far North shoreline of the marsh. 4 of our hourly datasheets went birdless unfortunately, and the last bird of the day occurred before 1pm. There was been a Gyrfalcon reported not too far East of us yesterday, so we had all hoped that it would show itself but no such luck! Non-raptor Observations: A few reasonably late birds around the tower today! One Orange-crowned Warbler spent some time wandering the weeds and shrubs below the tower, and also present, though more briefly, was a single Gray Catbird, and a Brown Thrasher. Duck numbers visible by the tower seemed to have thinned slightly, though there sure are a lot out of view, as occasionally something will spook them and there will be a cloud of ducks to the far NW. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32555980 Predictions: The predictions for tomorrow are basically the same as we had toady. Lets hope they are wrong! ======================================================================== 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
