Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 9647 26457 29308
Osprey 0 18 75
Bald Eagle 2 37 129
Northern Harrier 15 164 324
Sharp-shinned Hawk 134 1646 4074
Cooper's Hawk 7 59 120
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 47 52
Broad-winged Hawk 0 28 5361
Red-tailed Hawk 17 270 416
Rough-legged Hawk 3 7 7
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 41 574 1302
Merlin 3 25 57
Peregrine Falcon 1 35 45
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 1 7 13
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 9873 29382 41294
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Carol Pitts, Chad Saladin, Chris Saladin, Ed Pitts,
Jim McCoy
Visitors:
The Pitts, Saladins, and Mr. McCoy. A special thanks to Jim for helping
count the Vultures while they were migrating on both side of the tower.
Weather:
Moderately strong southwesterly winds were upon us for the greater part of
the day. Most of the day was also cloudless.
Raptor Observations:
A good day for raptors, mainly Turkey Vultures. During the hour between
11am to noon local time, 4466 Turkey Vultures were counted; surprisingly
most were fighting the winds and keeping to the shoreline.
Non-raptor Observations:
The first Tundra Swan of the year was feeding below the tower with some
Mute Swans. Quite a few Cormorants were observed today, many appeared to be
migrating. There were 8 Am. White Pelicans that made several fly-bys today
as well. 3 N. Rough-winged Swallows, 8 Am. Pipits, and the first 2 Eastern
Meadowlarks were counted migrating also. For the full eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39984814 Only 3 Monarchs today.
Predictions:
More sun and SW winds.
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100
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