Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 436 19344 20424 Osprey 0 17 125 Bald Eagle 0 28 125 Northern Harrier 3 175 512 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 2757 8372 Cooper's Hawk 4 225 325 Northern Goshawk 1 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 96 97 Broad-winged Hawk 0 650 16132 Red-tailed Hawk 12 391 579 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 309 1410 Merlin 2 20 93 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 466 24040 48252 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: Only 4 visitors today including Neil Monaghan from Windsor. Weather: Mostly cloudy and relatively warm (high 21C) with light S winds. Raptor Observations: Slow with Turkey Vultures being the only "raptors" moving in numbers and with nearly all passing well to the north beyond the treeline. The highlight was nice looks at a juv. Goshawk that passed low and slow over the trout pond in the noon (DST) hour. Non-raptor Observations: There was a nice mix of songbirds around the tower today with notables being 4 sp. of Warblers (15 Yellow-rump, 2 Blackpoll, Tennessee, and C. Yellowthroat), Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Winter Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Field Sparrow, and 12 Rusty Blackbirds. Other notables included 12 Bonaparte's Gulls and a Common Tern out over the lake, while the Greater Yellowlegs continues its stay on the pond (Day 9). Predictions: Rain ending overnight with a chance of rain through the afternoon. High 15C. Winds NW 10-12 km/hr. If the rain holds there should be a good movement of raptors tomorrow given the NW winds and cooler temps. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki (jmpawl...@aol.com) 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/
