Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 22, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 15 7954 56074 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 9 95 251 Northern Harrier 7 72 496 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 498 5353 Cooper's Hawk 5 88 271 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 12 691 824 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 49 2443 3422 Rough-legged Hawk 2 23 40 Golden Eagle 1 75 87 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 6 76 Peregrine Falcon 3 8 60 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: 106 11971 73814 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Jim McCoy, Michael Williamson Visitors: A few visitors today, including a man from Alabama visiting family in Ann Arbor. Weather: Moderate north and northwesterly winds for most of the day, though they switched to light out of the west around mid-afternoon. A great sky for counting - lots of cloud and blue. Raptor Observations: A good flight today with 106 birds being counted. Biggest flight was of Red-tails with 49. Other highlights include 9 Bald Eagles, 7 Northern Harriers, 12 Red-shoulders, 2 Roughies, a Golden Eagle and 3 relatively late Peregrines. One of the Roughies (adult female light morph) provided excellent views right over the tower, as she was circling back and taking her time crossing to the west. Non-raptor Observations: At least 2 Muskrats were very active below the tower today. 4 Common Loons and 2 Double-crested Cormorants were observed high-flying in a southerly direction. In addition, 13 Sandhill Cranes (5;1;7) were observed migrating fairly high as well. Despite being so late in the season, approximately 1000 American Crows migrated by the tower today. 107 American Goldfinches were counted as well. As the count neared its end, a Winter Wren was in constant song. Predictions: Moderate southwest winds. ======================================================================== 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
