Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 12, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 44 1173 2849 Osprey 1 3 3 Bald Eagle 0 3 34 Northern Harrier 4 12 59 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 72 305 Cooper's Hawk 1 20 146 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 20 442 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 31 264 1505 Rough-legged Hawk 1 9 90 Golden Eagle 0 0 4 American Kestrel 5 8 28 Merlin 0 0 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 3 Unknown UA 0 2 19 Unknown UB 0 9 49 Unknown UF 0 0 2 Unknown UE 0 0 2 Unknown UR 0 5 37 Total: 101 1603 5583 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Ann Gray Observers: Brian Gray Visitors: Bowwe Bergsma and Nils Foss were great assistants today. Also had visits by Tom Reavely, Paul Sutherland, Paul Summerskill, George Meyers, Tom Thomas. Many thanks to you all for your help today. Weather: Strong Easterly wind throughout the day. Temperature varied from +3 to +7C. Cloud cover started at 60 % but clouds increased from the south producing 100% cloud cover by 2 pm. No precipitation. Observations: 101 Raptors migrated through in small numbers. 10 species seen. Other migrants included 17 Common Loon, 1 Great Blue Heron, 3 Tree Swallows, 1 E. Phoebe and a beautiful male Purple Finch that perched in the shrubs above the feeders. 1 Wild Turkey spotted by Nils Foss flew above the shrubs behind the feeders this morning, in good light. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Ann Gray () Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at: http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/index.html
