Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 16 165 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 180 9700 Cooper's Hawk 0 128 938 Northern Goshawk 1 11 29 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 334 1092 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2091 6149 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 105 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 3 3783 83102 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Dave Tyrer of Ottawa and Rick (sorry Rick forgot the last name) of Windsor stopped by for an hour in the morning and Jim McCoy for an hour in the afternoon. Weather: Hazy, temperature from 10 - 12 C, slight winds with generally a west component. Raptor Observations: Only 3 birds with the last at 9:24 Non-raptor Observations: Two balls of mixed migrating blackbirds of around 350 birds each. 485 European Starlings, 45 House Finch, 20 American Gold Finch and 95 Tundra Swans. Predictions: A few clouds early in the day, but mostly sunny. High of 12. Winds out of the East at 10-15 km/hr. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (tandjpep...@cogeco.ca) 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 ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
