Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 24 7938 56058 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 3 84 240 Northern Harrier 1 64 488 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 495 5350 Cooper's Hawk 3 81 264 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 679 812 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 23 2388 3367 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 38 Golden Eagle 0 74 86 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 6 76 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 11 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 61 11853 73696 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Michael Williamson Visitors: Mike came up for most of the day, and Bob was up briefly after banding in the afternoon. Weather: Moderate southwest and south winds all day, with limited cloud-cover. Raptor Observations: A few Vultures and Red-tails. Still a few adult Red-shoulders (4). Non-raptor Observations: A total of 290 Horned Larks were counted migrating today. Additionally 7 adult white Snow Geese were observed, and two late Great Egrets - both in the morning. Full eBird checklist can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40634776?share=true Predictions: Strong southwest winds all day with a chance of rain in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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
