Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 30387 31467 Osprey 0 24 132 Bald Eagle 0 46 143 Northern Harrier 5 244 581 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 3482 9097 Cooper's Hawk 2 290 390 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 182 183 Broad-winged Hawk 0 651 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 1 722 910 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 0 336 1437 Merlin 1 28 101 Peregrine Falcon 0 21 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 9 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 21 36437 60649 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: Phyllis Coble, Theresa Lindsey, and Jeanece Seal from Nashville, Tennesse stopped back in today to talk Tennessee birding, along with Wayne and Carmen Hudson from Kingsville. A special thanks goes out this week to International Power Canada, Inc. for sponsoring today and the next four days of this week as "Days of HBMO Research." Weather: Heavy overcast and mild with light SSE winds and a high of 19C. Raptor Observations: Very few raptors given the south winds and spring-like conditions. Only a few Harriers, Sharp-shins and Cooper's Hawks, and a single Red-tail and Merlin. One of the two local juv. Ospreys put in a few brief appearances around the south end of the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: A fair number of Blackbirds stopped in the trees around the tower and fed at the marsh edge (and singing up a storm) including 85 Red-wings, 16 Rusties, and 81 Grackles. The only other birds moving were 33 Horned Larks, 74 Blue Jays, and 86 Black-capped Chickadees. Notable were Lincoln's and Fox Sparrows, and 2 Purple Finch. Predictions: Cloudy with a near 100% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Winds SSE 20 km/hr then picking up out of the WSW 30 km/hr with gusts to 50. High of 21C. Not many raptors expected with south winds and thunderstorms, although the forecast is looking better for later in the week. ======================================================================== 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/
