Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 28 647 647 Osprey 0 40 40 Bald Eagle 0 54 54 Northern Harrier 11 112 112 Sharp-shinned Hawk 240 1671 1671 Cooper's Hawk 5 44 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 447 4463 4463 Red-tailed Hawk 2 83 83 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 17 283 283 Merlin 0 29 29 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 750 7444 7444 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Alfred Raab, Jim McCoy, Michael Williamson Visitors: A lady named Pat joined us on the tower for a few hours today; she is in Hawaii where they have very few-none raptors so she enjoyed the few she got to see from the tower. In addition, Alfred Raab of the Bruce Peninsula was up on the tower for a few hours as well. Weather: Today was yet another scorcher on the tower, with a humidex of about 37 degrees Celsius (about 98 degrees Fahrenheit). Unlike yesterday, the sky was beautiful for hawkcounting today, with lots of white patches against the blue sky! Light winds all day, but the first hour in the morning they were out of the north. They then switched to east and eventually southeasterly. Raptor Observations: Despite the un-ideal winds for the majority of the day, it was a fairly decent flight. We are still getting a few kettles of Broad-wings way out to the north, though I feel that the main flight missed us. Today was a fairly good day for Sharpies, with 240 being tallied. The big excitement of the day was getting our first adult male Northern Harrier for the year! It seems relatively early as the adult males usually don't show up in numbers until we near the end of the season. Non-raptor Observations: There were 2630 Blue Jays counted today, which is the highest count so far this season. Here is the link to the full days eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39395385 There were 38 Monarch butterflies counted migrating today. Predictions: Southwesterly winds predicted for tomorrow. It should be another very toasty day! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected]) 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 [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
