Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 202 6746 9597 Osprey 0 12 69 Bald Eagle 0 19 111 Northern Harrier 13 117 277 Sharp-shinned Hawk 188 1327 3755 Cooper's Hawk 2 48 109 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 16 21 Broad-winged Hawk 0 27 5360 Red-tailed Hawk 0 175 321 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 75 513 1241 Merlin 6 19 51 Peregrine Falcon 2 31 41 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 489 9058 20970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Kory Renaud Visitors: Greg and Kory each came up the tower in the afternoon. Weather: Quite similar to yesterday, only slightly less rain and wind. Still very damp and chilly. Raptor Observations: Today's flight was quite similar in the way of species-makeup as yesterdays. Just the end of day totals are significantly lower. Not much seemed like it really wanted to fly; at least two young Red-shoulders frequently flew up out of the woods, only to circle in the sky for about a minute and decide to go back down into the trees. Towards the end of the count, one did finally migrate past. There was a group of Vultures that decided to perch in one of the dead trees east of the tower and not migrate as well, along with a somewhat ratty looking Broad-wing flying the wrong way. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of Kinglets around today. eBird checklist at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39867116 Predictions: Southwest winds predicted. ======================================================================== 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
