Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 33 515 515 Osprey 4 28 28 Bald Eagle 2 43 43 Northern Harrier 13 69 69 Sharp-shinned Hawk 167 867 867 Cooper's Hawk 6 20 20 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 559 2257 2257 Red-tailed Hawk 0 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 82 181 181 Merlin 3 27 27 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 871 4093 4093 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Dave Martin, Linda Waldarski, Michael Williamson Visitors: A Grade 3 class came up the tower for a short look around today. They managed to see several Sharp-shinned Hawks as well as Am. Kestrels. There were amazed to find out that I had already seen over 600 hawks today before they arrived. Weather: Very light South and Southeasterly winds throughout the day today. Not much in the way of clouds, but there were a few keeping the raptors spotting a bit easier. It was fairly hazy however, making counting distant birds difficult. Raptor Observations: A much better day than the previous few, with 871 raptors counted. A few small kettles of 100-250 Broad-winged Hawks were observed far to the north, just fading in and out of view in the haze. It was also a decent day for Sharpies (167) and Am. Kestrels (82) which would frequently be migrating over in groups of 3-5. Biggest surprise of the day was yet another adult Red-shouldered Hawk, which makes 3 in the past 4 days. This seems very early for these birds. Non-raptor Observations: Approximately 245 Am. Coots were counted out in the marsh. One Black-bellied Plover was heard migrating over, as well as 2 Am. Golden-Plovers which were seen and heard as well. There were 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers observed migrating (all immatures) as well as 9 Northern Flickers. Today was much slower than yesterday passerine-wise, though it wasn't pouring rain today so I'm not complaining!! For the full list; of non-raptors observed today, see the eBird checklist here http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39303805 There were 65 Monarchs counted migrating today, as well as about 120 Dragonflies; many went unidentified but I noted many to be Black Saddlebags and Twelve-spotted Skimmers. Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be fairly similar to today, with slightly stronger winds. Hoping for another good day but it's hard to say! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.com) 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
