Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 4004 20143 20590
Osprey 0 5 68
Bald Eagle 24 89 205
Northern Harrier 9 110 402
Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 1900 5912
Cooper's Hawk 20 169 261
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 18 58 58
Broad-winged Hawk 3 50 6115
Red-tailed Hawk 155 424 576
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 8 219 1140
Merlin 1 14 101
Peregrine Falcon 0 11 33
Unknown Accipiter 1 3 5
Unknown Buteo 2 8 13
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 4327 23205 35485
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Bob Pettit, Dave Martin, Ian Woodfield, Jim McCoy,
Kory Renaud, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson,
Natasha Barlow
Visitors:
A few visitors on this Northerly winded day! This included a couple down
from Milton, who we had a nice discussion with about raptors, and bird
migration as a whole.
Weather:
North-westerly winds all day today were a nice change! Fairly clouded
through most of the day made to spotting a little easier.
Raptor Observations:
A good raptor flight today! Good numbers of Turkey Vultures, Bald Eagles,
Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks, with 3 Broad-winged Hawks getting late
mixed in. Majority of the Bald Eagles were between 3pm and 4pm local time,
when there was a group of 6 all together at the same time, and several
groups of 2 migrating together. Most of the Red-shouldered Hawks came in
the morning, and many of the Red-tailed Hawks were high up in the clouds
around 2:30pm local time.
Non-raptor Observations:
Down to 4,900 Blue Jays today. One Blue-grey Gnatcatcher was seen and heard
later in the day, and a single Eastern Bluebird was seen migrating in the
morning. A few more diving ducks were observed today, which included both
Scaup, Redheads, and Ring-necked Ducks, along with the regular dabbling
ducks. For the full eBird checklist, go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32024076 One Monarch seen today.
Predictions:
Sunny skies, with very light N winds are predicted for the morning, but
they should switch to the S by the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.com)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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