Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 158 1630 4481 Osprey 1 2 59 Bald Eagle 0 1 93 Northern Harrier 0 20 180 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 138 2566 Cooper's Hawk 0 10 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 5347 Red-tailed Hawk 0 23 169 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 10 738 Merlin 0 0 32 Peregrine Falcon 7 8 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 177 1859 13771 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Donny Moore, Jim McCoy Visitors: Donny and Jim each came up the tower for a little while and helped out. Weather: Much to my surprise, we didn't get any rain on the tower today! South and southwesterly winds throughout the day, with many threatening clouds to our east and west, but none above us! Raptor Observations: Not a single raptor was counted during the first nor last hours of the count today. Today was quite a good day for Peregrines though with 7. Non-raptor Observations: There were 3800 Blue Jays counted today migrating past the tower, along with approximately 400 Tree Swallows. For the full eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39555783 A couple Monarchs and saddlebags around today, but I didn't notice any migrating. Predictions: Sunny skies and westerly winds predicted for tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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
