Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 423 4690 5110 Osprey 3 6 40 Bald Eagle 0 10 70 Northern Harrier 6 26 115 Sharp-shinned Hawk 72 407 2891 Cooper's Hawk 0 18 88 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 8950 Red-tailed Hawk 4 42 152 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 60 547 Merlin 0 4 23 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 513 5271 18015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Georgia Reid, Karen Padbury Visitors: Not many today. Jerry Pelletier and Richard spent most of the day. We saw Evelyn Fisher and Georgia Reid for several hours each, and a few others came and went Weather: Clear sunny skies this morning. Quite a heavy frost overnight, cool temps this morning, warming nicely by afternoon. Light northerly winds the first couple of hours changed to southerly by 10am. A beautiful fall day for the people. Raptor Observations: A very slow hawk day. Non-raptor Observations: Quite an interesting mix of passerines today. The marsh was full of Red Winged Blackbirds this morning...calling from all directions. Most of these cleared out by 10am. Blue Jays were on the move with 5215 tallied. American Goldfinch moved thru in groups of 10 to 15, total of 120. Other noted species in no particular order: Northern Flicker 12, Chimney Swift, Cedar Waxwings 13, Killdeer 10, European Starlings in large groups of 50 to 100, Belted King Fisher, Hairy Woodpecker (male) confirmed By Steve G, and Bob H Brooks, Greater Yellow Wings, Nashville Warbler 2, Black Throated Green Warbler, Cat Bird, White Throated and Song Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker and Eastern Phoebe. ======================================================================== 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
