Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 221 221 Osprey 1 77 77 Bald Eagle 1 72 72 Northern Harrier 1 226 226 Sharp-shinned Hawk 143 3899 3899 Cooper's Hawk 0 43 43 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 14173 14173 Red-tailed Hawk 0 113 113 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 617 617 Merlin 3 56 56 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 153 19511 19511 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.75 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: About a dozen visitors stopped by today including Steve Wagner, Pat Tomlinson, Jim McCoy, and Frank and Sandy Dolby. Also a special thanks to Steve Wagner and wife Donna for sponsoring today as a "Day of HBMO Research." Weather: Partly cloudy and hot (High 26C) with SE winds 5-10 km/hr. Raptor Observations: Not much. Sharp-shins plus a few Kestrels and Merlins, the latter of which included an individual that set up a makeshift territory along the shore and was out catching (and releasing) Monarchs and chasing Sharp-shins. Uncharacteristically the the single juv. Broad-wing that went by today came low and slow right over the tower giving great looks and photo opps. Non-raptor Observations: Notable were 7 fly-over Sanderlings heading towards the lake, plus a few Warblers including 2 Wilson's. Also a small movement (885) of Blue Jays. Predictions: A few showers ending near noon then cloudy. Risk of a thunderstorm in the morning. Wind southwest 20 km/hr. High of 24C. Not many birds expected with the wind and rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ Directions to site: Entering Canada from Detroit at the Ambassador Bridge: After Canadian Customs, stay left 50 yards, passing over the railroad tracks. You are now on Huron Church Road leading to Highway 401 and Highway 3. Continue east 3.8 miles to the intersection with Todd and Cabana roads. Go through the intersection, staying to the right. In less than 100 yards the main road splits; 401 and 3 continue to the left as the main road and Huron Church narrows and angles to the right. Follow Huron Church right for 0.5 miles to Disputed Road. After angling a right turn onto Disputed Road, travel south. PLEASE OBEY SPEED LIMITS, they aer usually monitored. At 4 miles Disputed Road intersects with Townline Road, and the name changes to Concession 5. Continue south 5 miles and Concession 5 "T"'s with South Townline Road. Turn left and travel east 0.2 miles, turning right (south) onto Concession 6. Continue south for 3.4 miles to the intersection with Highway 20 at Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. There is a restaurant/convenience/gas store on the southeast corner of the intersection. Go through the intersection south onto Route 50 for 1.3 miles. The entrance to the Holiday Beach Conservation Area is on the right. Pay entry fee and continue to the Hawk Tower at the south end of the park. Park vehicle and walk to the tower. West bound on Routes 401 and 3 Howard Avenue, Route 9, intersects Routes 401 and 3 east of Windsor. Take Howard Avenue south to Highway 20 ("T"'s) and turn right (west) traveling (about 2 miles) to Malden Centre in the town of Amherstburg. A restaurant/convenience/gas store is on the left. Turn left (south) on to Route 50 for 1.3 miles; the entrance to HBCA is on the right. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
