Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 53 26436 29138 Osprey 0 16 82 Bald Eagle 3 41 139 Northern Harrier 0 186 421 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 2089 5411 Cooper's Hawk 2 373 519 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 265 277 Broad-winged Hawk 0 94 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 23 1135 1410 Rough-legged Hawk 1 10 10 Golden Eagle 0 7 9 American Kestrel 1 178 933 Merlin 0 32 84 Peregrine Falcon 1 25 50 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 9 Unknown Buteo 0 3 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 3 Total: 104 30896 44565 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Jeanece Seals, Phyllis Coble, Theresa Lindsey Visitors: It was nice to see our friends from Tennessee,Phyllis Coble, Theresa Lindsey, and Jeanece Seals. Weather: Light rain for most of the day with 100% cloud cover. Temperatures ranged from 4 to 6.5 C. 28kph winds from NNW moved to NW and slowed to 18kph. Raptor Observations: Raptors of 9 species were recorded today. Most of the birds arrived mid-day between rain showers. Non-raptor Observations: Non Raptor species included Mute Swan,Gadwall,Mallard,Northern Pintail,Bufflehead,Great Blue Heron,American Coot,Bonaparte's Gull,Ring-billed Gull,Mourning Dove,Belted Kingfisher(F),Red-bellied Woodpecker,Downy Woodpecker,Northern Flicker,Blue Jay-5,American Crow-7,Black-capped Chickadee,American Robin-26,European Starling-300,Cedar Waxwing 15,White-throated Sparrow,White-crowned Sparrow,Northern Cardinal,Red-winged Blackbird 50,Common Grackle,American Goldfinch-34 Predictions: Cloudy with NW winds at 15-25kph. High of 8 C. We should have a nice variety of Raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm (northerngosh...@comcast.net) 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/
