Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 314 11387 11954
Osprey 0 37 192
Bald Eagle 1 16 161
Northern Harrier 9 241 623
Sharp-shinned Hawk 60 4250 11064
Cooper's Hawk 13 218 573
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 31 31
Broad-winged Hawk 0 937 43431
Red-tailed Hawk 5 197 271
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 0 8 9
American Kestrel 9 3143 4609
Merlin 0 9 96
Peregrine Falcon 2 18 56
Unknown Accipiter 0 30 42
Unknown Buteo 0 20 25
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 1 1 6
Unknown Raptor 0 5 13
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 416 20551 73160
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe
Observers: Chris Craft, Claude Radley, Dennis Gidge, Gwen Gidge,
Jim McCoy, John Craft, John Winebrenner, Lisa Silvey
Visitors:
Many visitors to the tower today. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Weather:
Winds out of the east today shifting to the south as the day progressed.
Temperatures ranged from 15-20 C. Mostly cloudy today with fog early and
haze throughout.
Raptor Observations:
This Day of Research was sponsored by Mr. Rayfield Pye of Oshawa, Ontario.
A few migrants trickling through, but overall quite slow. Highlights were
two Peregrine Falcons, both north over the marsh. Most birds were still
north of the tower, but some were marginally closer than they have been for
the past week.
Non-raptor Observations:
Highlights today included a Purple Finch, three Red-headed Woodpeckers, and
the new additions of Winter Wren and Blue-headed Vireo to the foraging
flock around the tower.
Pied-billed Grebe 80, Double-crested Cormorant 50, Great Blue Heron 25,
Great Egret 7, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, Mute Swan 80, Canada Goose 2,
Wood Duck 30, Green-winged Teal 4, American Black Duck 25, Mallard 200,
Northern Pintail 4, Blue-winged Teal 17, Northern Shoveler 4, Gadwall 4,
American Wigeon 12, Redhead 16, Ring-necked Duck 1, Common Moorhen 8,
American Coot 400, Killdeer 1, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Spotted Sandpiper 2,
Wilsonâs Snipe 1, Ring-billed Gull 300, Herring Gull 4, Caspian Tern 3,
Rock Pigeon 12, Mourning Dove 1, Eastern Screech-Owl 1, Great Horned Owl 1,
Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 3, Downy Woodpecker 2, Hairy
Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 5, Eastern Phoebe 2, Horned Lark 3, Tree
Swallow 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 30, Blue Jay 14730, American Crow
4, Black-capped Chickadee 4, Carolina Wren 2, Winter Wren 1, Golden-crowned
Kinglet 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2, American Robin 4, Gray Catbird 2,
American Pipit 3, Cedar Waxwing 9, European Starling 7000, Blue-headed
Vireo 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 21, Palm Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 4,
Song Sparrow 2, Swamp Sparrow 2, White-throated Sparrow 8, White-crowned
Sparrow 2, Red-winged Blackbird 700, Common Grackle 1, Rusty Blackbird 3,
Pine Siskin 6, American Goldfinch 91, House Sparrow 3.
Black Saddlebags 2, Common Green Darner 1, Monarch 26, Common Buckeye 4.
Predictions:
Tomorrow promises warm temperatures, mostly sunny skies, and variable winds
becoming south in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe (kolb...@gmail.com)
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/
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