Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2017
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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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
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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.
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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
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