Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 185 33710 36561 Osprey 0 19 76 Bald Eagle 0 43 135 Northern Harrier 1 220 380 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1973 4401 Cooper's Hawk 0 74 135 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 58 63 Broad-winged Hawk 0 32 5365 Red-tailed Hawk 1 402 548 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 0 4 4 American Kestrel 1 597 1325 Merlin 1 27 59 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 0 7 9 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 192 37221 49133 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Dan Lumm, Jeanice Seals, Phyllis Coble Visitors: Bob Hall-Brooks came up the tower briefly around noon. 2/3 of the Tennessee Trio showed up today shortly before the afternoon rain, as well as Dan and his companions. Weather: A cold, damp, windy day. Rain off and on for the morning, and again around 3pm local time - ending the count. Strong south and southwest winds all day. Raptor Observations: A bit of a Turkey Vulture flight was somewhat surprising in the strong southwest winds. Not a lot else seemed interested in flying. Non-raptor Observations: 795 Tree Swallows were counted fighting the winds and heading west. Full ebird checklist here: https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40107280 Predictions: Chance of rain again tomorrow though mainly in the morning, winds predicted to be fairly strong still but out of the west. ======================================================================== 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
