Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 87 106 106 Osprey 2 8 8 Bald Eagle 1 12 12 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 8 8 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 20 20 Red-tailed Hawk 6 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 14 14 Merlin 2 5 5 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 108 189 189 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Mike Williamson Observers: Jim McCoy, Tiffanie Rajki Weather: A very pleasant day on the tower with partly cloudy skies and light WNW winds becoming light WSW by the end of the watch. The temperature climbed from 18C at the opening of the count to 23C at the close. Raptor Observations: About what one would expect at this time of year with these conditions. A light movement of birds dominated by TVs. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley (crad...@cogeco.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
