Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 376 6976 7396 Osprey 0 10 44 Bald Eagle 0 11 71 Northern Harrier 16 49 138 Sharp-shinned Hawk 88 579 3063 Cooper's Hawk 6 38 108 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 10 11 Broad-winged Hawk 2 8 8953 Red-tailed Hawk 14 109 219 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 70 557 Merlin 0 4 23 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 23 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: 517 7868 20612 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Eveyln Fisher, Olga Klekner, Randy Holland Visitors: The local photographers, Kelly, Randy and Jerry were out in the morning. Evelyn Fisher stopped in for a couple hours. Rayfield Pye from Cranberry Marsh and his brother Donald from Wardsville were very helpful in picking out those high flying Sharpies. A couple from Fredericton, New Brunswick stopped in for a couple hours as did Jane Gamble and Diane Newan from Michigan. There were also a couple dozen other casual visitors over the day. Weather: Mostly clear skies, warm with temperatures from 11 - 23C, light winds mostly out of the East or South-East. Raptor Observations: Slow start, but the TV's finally showed up mid-day, but way to the north. The Sharpies were flying very high and with little to no cloud cover it made them tough to see. First Rough-legged Hawk for the year. Non-raptor Observations: Small movement of passerines in early a.m. including: Ruby-crowned Kinglets; Yellow-rumped Warblers; Eastern Phoebes. First Bufflehead dropped in late in the afternoon. Three species of butterfly: Monarch, Mourning Cload and Orange Sulphur. Predictions: South winds @ 5 - 10 km/h, clear skies and a high of 24C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([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
