Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1307 33262 36113 Osprey 0 18 75 Bald Eagle 6 43 135 Northern Harrier 11 205 365 Sharp-shinned Hawk 49 1896 4324 Cooper's Hawk 2 71 132 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 57 62 Broad-winged Hawk 0 30 5363 Red-tailed Hawk 36 374 520 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 2 4 4 American Kestrel 2 590 1318 Merlin 1 26 58 Peregrine Falcon 0 36 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 9 15 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 3 7 9 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 1423 36638 48550 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Carol Pitts, Dan Loncke, Ed Pitts, Ian Woodfield, Michael Williamson Visitors: A few visitors to the tower today, all happy with Golden Eagle. Weather: Continuing southwesterly winds and cloudless skies. Raptor Observations: A few more Turkey Vultures far to the north, with the occasional Red-tail with them. Highlights of the day were two young Golden Eagles that went by just 30min apart, and not extremely far out. Non-raptor Observations: The Tundra Swan continues, though it can be distant and hard to spot. A male Eurasian Wigeon was found out on the marsh late this afternoon. 3 more N. Rough-winged Swallows and a single young migrant Red-headed Woodpecker are late birds for the area. A total of 2810 Blue Jays were counted. It was a pretty good migrating day for a few species of passerines today; Cedar Waxwings (179), American Goldfinch (194), and a whopping total of 693 Pine Siskins! Full eBird checklist can be viewed here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40036699?share=true Additionally, 38 Monarchs were counted migrating. Predictions: More/less the same, just a few more clouds predicted. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@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