Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 695 1267 4118 Osprey 0 1 58 Bald Eagle 0 1 93 Northern Harrier 6 18 178 Sharp-shinned Hawk 75 102 2530 Cooper's Hawk 1 8 69 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 6 Broad-winged Hawk 6 14 5347 Red-tailed Hawk 9 23 169 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 9 737 Merlin 0 0 32 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 1 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 797 1447 13359 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Michael Williamson Visitors: A gentleman from PEI was up on the tower today for a few hours. Weather: Mostly sunny skies with a few high-up thin clouds. Wind started off non-existent, but there was a slight southeasterly breeze by mid-morning. Raptor Observations: Decent flight today of mostly Turkey Vultures. Of note, was our first Rough-legged Hawk of the season; a nice light morph which flew right over us on the tower, nice and low just after 10am local time. We had a '4-Buteo' day - we were dreaming of that coveted 5th Buteo, but as expected it was a no-show. Non-raptor Observations: Highlight of the day were 7 more Am. White Pelicans, which flew around and over the tower as well as sat in the marsh. 3510 Blue Jays were counted today. Full eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39520823 A few Monarchs were observed today, along with Red Admiral, Eastern Comma, Viceroy, and Bronze Copper. Autumn Meadowhawk and Black Saddlebags were also observed today. Predictions: Light-moderate south winds all day tomorrow, with mostly sunny skies. ======================================================================== 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
