Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 191 229 229
Osprey 2 26 26
Bald Eagle 16 42 42
Northern Harrier 26 75 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 675 2012 2012
Cooper's Hawk 10 52 52
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 1568 8930 8930
Red-tailed Hawk 41 93 93
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 233 400 400
Merlin 4 18 18
Peregrine Falcon 9 15 15
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 2775 11894 11894
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Observation start time: 06:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Dan Lumm, Karen Padbury, Olga Klekner,
Steve Winiarski, Will Weber
Visitors:
The Hawk Festival brought many visitors today...at times the tower was
loaded to maximum capacity on the top level. I was happy to meet up with
old friends, and made a few new ones. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE HELP
SPOTTING THE BIRDS TODAY!!
Weather:
Morning haze with total cloud cover. Northerly winds lasted all day, and
by the 9 o'clock hour the skies cleared and we had very few clouds. A
beautiful day for the last day of summer, but the sunshine drove the birds
VERY high quite early today.
Raptor Observations:
A great raptor day with 11 species including large numbers of Broad Winged
hawks, Sharp Shinned hawks, and American Kestrels. We had a unusual number
of Peregrine Falcons today with 9 counted. Our resident Bald Eagles put on
a day long show for guests, along with the Osprey who has been hanging out
for the last week.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays and American Gold Finch were on the move today in groups of 20 to
50 birds. Blue Jays number about 1000 for the day, Gold Finch about 300 -
400. Also sighted were 2 Caspian Terns, one early, and one in the last
hour of the count. We also had: Chimney Swifts, Norther Flicker, Red
Headed Woodpecker, Tree Swallows.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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