Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 8048 56168 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 0 106 262 Northern Harrier 0 91 515 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 522 5377 Cooper's Hawk 0 122 305 Northern Goshawk 0 5 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 750 883 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 3 2760 3739 Rough-legged Hawk 0 27 44 Golden Eagle 0 85 97 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 7 77 Peregrine Falcon 1 11 63 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 8 Unknown Buteo 0 4 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 12 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 4 12551 74394 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Jim McCoy, Michael Williamson Visitors: Mike joined me for most of the day, both while waiting out the rain, and after the rain stopped. Jim also came up for the seasons end. A big thank you to everyone that helped out on the tower this year, whether it was keeping company on some of the slower days, or helping spot during the busy days, the help was greatly appreciated. Weather: Rain from around 10am until 12:30 temporarily paused the count. Winds were moderate and southwesterly. Raptor Observations: A grand total of 4 birds on the last count day of the season. 3 adult Red-tails, and a young Peregrine. It was an enjoyable day despite the rain on the tower, and the afternoon ended up sunny and beautiful. Non-raptor Observations: Passerine migrating was seemingly at a halt today, only 18 Cedar Waxwings were noted. The marsh definitely seems to have at least started clearing out - significantly fewer ducks were seen today compared to some recent counts. Though this does make sense as the Fall season has come to a close. ======================================================================== 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
