Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 14 14 Osprey 1 7 7 Bald Eagle 2 11 11 Northern Harrier 13 22 22 Sharp-shinned Hawk 216 303 303 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 7 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1666 1693 1693 Red-tailed Hawk 13 29 29 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 23 47 47 Merlin 0 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 1935 2139 2139 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner, Lisa Silvey Visitors: Visitors were many today, brought out by the nice weather and preditiction of winds that may come from the north--though the winds were mainly west. John Winebreener and Lisa Silvey from IN were on the tower until noonish...other visitors were from near and far, many from Michigan. A big thanks to everyone who helped keep up with things during the Broad Winged flights. Weather: Clear blue skies, light winds mainly from the West. Overall a beautiful fall day, but hard on the eyes for finding the hawks due to the cloudless sky. Raptor Observations: The morning gave us 4 great kettles of Broad Winged Hawks. 3 of the 4 were high and distant North East of the tower. The last group was basically over the park road and rather low comparatively. The resident Bald Eagles were around most of the day....2 adults, and 3 immatures soared around the marsh most of the day. A fair amount of Norther Harriers today, with one group of 5 birds going over the marsh together relatively high. Non-raptor Observations: Quite a few groups of Shore birds flying over in the early hours...3 groups with more than 8 birds each noted. A group of at least 6 Norther Flickers along with a pair of Red Headed Woodpeckers migrated thru. Many American Goldfinch, several groups of Chimney Swifts, Barn Swallows. Heard but not seen were Carolina Wrens, and Sora. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
