Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 2984 3071 3491
Osprey 3 3 37
Bald Eagle 2 10 70
Northern Harrier 9 11 100
Sharp-shinned Hawk 129 258 2742
Cooper's Hawk 8 10 80
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 2
Broad-winged Hawk 5 5 8950
Red-tailed Hawk 20 21 131
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 16 47 534
Merlin 1 4 23
Peregrine Falcon 2 2 22
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 5
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 3180 3443 16187
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Claude Radley, Dan Lumm, Jerry Pelletier, Randy Holland,
Will Weber
Visitors:
Many visitors over the course of the day from various locations in
Michigan, Essex County and a contingent from the Syndenham Field
Naturalists Club.
Weather:
A nice fall day, with clear skies, light mostly northerly winds, with some
variability late in the day, and temperatures from 5.4 - 19°C.
Raptor Observations:
A good mix with 12 species recorded and large kettles of Turkey Vultures.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was a constant stream of Blue Jays migrating all day. Random minute
counts indicated a range of 120 - 130 birds per minute for a range of
68,000 - 74,000 individual Jays passing over the tower over the course of
the count day, and they were still streaming over when I closed up the Hawk
Count for the day.
Predictions:
Cloudy skies. High 16°C, humidity 50%,Winds SE at 8 to 16 km/h.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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