Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 10 73 73 Osprey 1 46 46 Bald Eagle 1 76 76 Northern Harrier 10 195 195 Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 2037 2037 Cooper's Hawk 3 59 59 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 8 4713 4713 Red-tailed Hawk 1 94 94 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 26 637 637 Merlin 3 67 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 1 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 361 8009 8009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Carol Pitts, Ed Pitts, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: A few locals came up the tower today today to see what was up. Weather: We had N winds briefly in the morning, but switched to SW within a couple hours of the count. Clear skies, bright sun, made for another hot day on the tower. Raptor Observations: Similar day to yesterday raptor wise, mostly Sharp-shinned Hawks, with low numbers of a variety of other species. Non-raptor Observations: Good dabbling duck variety on the marsh again, and 5 Redhead ducks flying out to the lake first thing were a nice change, as well as the first group of Mergansers flying off in the distance. The non-raptor highlight of the day was a Dickcissel flying over in the early morning with a group of Bobolinks. There were 3388 Blue Jays counted migrating today as well. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31668096 27 Black Saddlebags, 6 Twelve-spotted Skimmers, and 2 Green Darners were observed migrating, as well as 77 Monarchs. Predictions: Tomorrow they are calling for N and NW winds! If they are right there might just be a good movement! Mostly clear skies throughout the day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.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