Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 294 294 Osprey 0 8 8 Bald Eagle 0 30 30 Northern Harrier 1 47 47 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 436 436 Cooper's Hawk 0 13 13 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2451 2451 Red-tailed Hawk 0 20 20 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 175 175 Merlin 5 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Total: 31 3502 3502 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Andy Parsons, Bob Pettit, Dave Martin, Linda Martin Weather: Day began with clear skies, warms temperatures that reached 30 C and winds were from the south. Became very windy in the afternoon with gusts over 25mph from the SW. Cloud cover also gradually increased to 100% with some rain drizzle. Began to clear near the end with winds still from the SW. Raptor Observations: A slow day for the most part due to the weather, but a good number of Merlins were seen today. 4 Resident Bald Eagles continue to hunt the area. 7 Turkey Vultures were also seen flying around throughout the day. Non-raptor Observations: Many Ring-billed Gulls moving up the shoreline in the morning. Blue Jays - 5080 Monarchs - 7 https://ebird.org/canada/view/checklist/S48654022 Predictions: Tomorrow should be a much better day in terms of raptor migration, with winds switching to the north and a mix of sun and cloud is predicted. Hawk Fest is taking place this weekend and hopes are high for an good increase of migration activity! ======================================================================== Report submitted by ([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
