Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 794 7131 55251
Osprey 0 1 77
Bald Eagle 1 57 213
Northern Harrier 6 47 471
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 457 5312
Cooper's Hawk 16 59 242
Northern Goshawk 0 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 146 516 649
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5365
Red-tailed Hawk 498 1978 2957
Rough-legged Hawk 7 18 35
Golden Eagle 22 58 70
American Kestrel 0 4 1371
Merlin 1 3 73
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 57
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 6
Unknown Buteo 0 2 19
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 9
Short-eared Owl 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 1527 10341 72184
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Carol Pitts, Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud,
Mike Fitzpatrick, Sarah Renaud
Visitors:
I think everyone who came out for the hawk saw a Minimum of one Golden
Eagle!
Weather:
Northerly winds for most of the day, switching to mmore easterly for the
last hours. Anywhere from full cloud, to almost no cloud at all.
Raptor Observations:
Another good day today with 1527 total raptors being counted. Vultures were
back to the most numerous today with 794, but also still really good
flights of Red-shoulders (146) and Red-tails (498). Also 7 Rough-legs.
Highlights of the day included 22 Golden Eagles (at one point 4 were
visible in one binocular view), and the second Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk
of the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
A group of Ross's Geese flew over as I was headed for the stairs at the end
of the day. High numbers of Tundra Swans (325) were counted moving east
throughout the day. An estimated 4750 American Crows migrated today as
well. Non-raptor highlight of the day was the seasons first Cave Swallows!
A group of 3 were noticed as they flew in front of my binoculars while
counting a group of Vultures and Buteos. Additionally, 43 Eastern
Bluebirds, 47 American Robins, and 2 Purple Finches were counted migrating.
Full eBird checklist can be found here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40371498
Predictions:
Northwest winds in the morning switching to southwest for the afternoon.
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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
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