Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1916 31955 34806 Osprey 0 18 75 Bald Eagle 0 37 129 Northern Harrier 16 194 354 Sharp-shinned Hawk 129 1847 4275 Cooper's Hawk 7 69 130 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 53 58 Broad-winged Hawk 1 30 5363 Red-tailed Hawk 43 338 484 Rough-legged Hawk 1 6 6 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 9 588 1316 Merlin 0 25 57 Peregrine Falcon 0 36 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 9 15 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 2 4 6 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 2126 35215 47127 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Carol Pitts, Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy Visitors: A good number of people came out to enjoy the beautiful summery weather (crappy hawking weather). Weather: Southwesterly winds in the morning, switching to variable southerly winds in the afternoon. Mostly clear skies but a hazy cloud showed up to the north for the later half of the count. Raptor Observations: Another decent count of both Turkey Vultures (1916) and Sharpies (129). A good movement of Red-tails (43) considering the winds, and yet another Roughie!!? Non-raptor Observations: Today's Blue Jay count was 1550. 32 Horned Larks, 63 Am. Pipits, and 82 Cedar Waxwings were counted migrating. It was a pretty good day for migrating finches, with 5 species being counted, including the first Common Redpoll of the season (not likely to be many more this year). Also our 2nd Purple Finch, a total of 82 Pine Siskins, and 75 Am. Goldfinches. Full eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40020133?share=true 4 more Monarchs counted today. Predictions: It's supposed to be west and northwest winds overnight, though unfortunately it will be back to the south by morning. Also more clear 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
