Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 766 766 Osprey 0 19 19 Bald Eagle 0 61 61 Northern Harrier 0 112 112 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 810 810 Cooper's Hawk 2 26 26 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7060 7060 Red-tailed Hawk 0 65 65 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 388 388 Merlin 2 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 10 Unknown Accipiter 0 13 13 Unknown Buteo 0 10 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Total: 16 9369 9369 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Visitors: 3 visitors came to the tower today for a total of about 2.5 hours. Weather: There was 100% cloud cover for the whole day. It rained off and on with light to moderate rain at times, mostly in the morning and near the end of the day. The winds began SE and soon switched to the south for the remainder of the day. Humidity was at or near 100% for much of the day. Raptor Observations: The slow afternoon yesterday continued into this morning as no raptors were seen in the first hour. It picked up a little after the rain in the morning but slowed down again significantly in the afternoon with warm south winds. Non-raptor Observations: Tree swallows dominated the skies in the morning and a few later in the afternoon. No Blue Jays were seen until 10:28 EST 14 species of warblers were seen today including a Northern Waterthrush and a large number of Wilson's and Magnolia. Blue Jays - 622 Monarchs - 67 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48744798 Predictions: The winds are supposed to switch from a southwest to a westerly direction around 4:00 am EST tomorrow morning and eventually a northwest direction by 10:00 am EST. The morning should start off cloudy but it should be sunny by around noon. The morning may start off slow, but hopefully things should pick up nicely by late morning and into the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by (c...@hotmail.com) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
