Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 71 71 Osprey 3 26 26 Bald Eagle 7 26 26 Northern Harrier 5 49 49 Sharp-shinned Hawk 90 470 470 Cooper's Hawk 4 24 24 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1039 1039 Red-tailed Hawk 8 45 45 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 7 223 223 Merlin 6 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 139 1999 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley, Todd Pepper Observers: Martha Derbowka Visitors: A couple from the Netherlands on their first birding trip to Canada; The Neaton's from Ottawa, and Mr. Gray from London. Weather: Just as forecast: bright, sunny, warm with temperatures between 20 - 26C; winds out of the south/southwest between 5 - 10 km/hr Raptor Observations: A steady flow of Sharp-shinned Hawks, but they only totalled 90 for the day our of 139 birds of 11 species. A nice variety of ages in the 7 Bald Eagles; and always a pleasure to see the Merlins shoot over and under the tower like rockets. Non-raptor Observations: Not a big passerine migration day, but here are a few highlights: Chimney Swift - 21 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds - 12 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 10 American Goldfinch - 39 Evening Grosbeak - 28 Monarchs - 193 Black Saddlebags - too many to count Predictions: The weather forecast for Wednesday is the same as today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_t...@yahoo.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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
