Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 258 20996 21443 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 0 92 208 Northern Harrier 0 116 408 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 1937 5949 Cooper's Hawk 0 181 273 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 60 60 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 0 456 608 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 226 1147 Merlin 1 15 102 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 33 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6 Unknown Buteo 0 8 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 269 24160 36440 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Cramer, John Winebrenner, Lisa Silvey Visitors: Today had only John and Lisa from Indiana---no other visitors on this dreary day. Weather: An overcast morning gave us about 20 minutes of partly sunny skies, and eventually turned to steady rain in the 11am hour. Winds were out of the South and very light. Temperatures were balmy for mid Oct, between 18C and 19.8C. The marsh was hazy this morning with visibility worsening when the rain began. The count was shortened today after an hour and a half of steady rain with no raptors we packed up for the day, since the hourly forecast didn't have much hope for the daylight hour. Raptor Observations: Very little raptor movement today with only 4 species represented. Even the Sharpies "took the day off" with only 8 moving through. Turkey Vultures started in the window on partly sunny skies, but were quickly thwarted by the rain. Non-raptor Observations: The duck population in the marsh is growing with large numbers of Mallards and American Coot leading the way. Also noted today were a fair number of American Wigeon and some Northern Pintail. Blue Jays were moving nicely until the rain started, and several flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds were also noted. A few late Tree Swallows and Chimney Swifts came through, and a nice flock of Kinglets, mostly Ruby crowned. Predictions: Chance of showers with mild temperatures and SSW winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawkla...@aol.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ 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
