Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 16 2098 31236 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 12 151 Northern Harrier 1 17 438 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 89 5500 Cooper's Hawk 0 55 574 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 105 382 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 31 1469 2879 Rough-legged Hawk 1 4 14 Golden Eagle 0 16 25 American Kestrel 0 3 936 Merlin 0 1 85 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 51 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 2 14 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 54 3886 48451 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Bri-Anna Jaksic Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Jim McCoy from the Windsor area stopped in, otherwise it was me and all the ducks! Thanks for coming out! Weather: Today's weather consisted of very calm winds from the South-East, and mainly cloudy skies. Raptor Observations: A very slow day, that had me recording on average 1 hawk per hour. Numbers picked up around 1pm, but not my much. Non-raptor Observations: 23 American Goldfinches 1111 American Crows Predictions: Weather is reported to be clear in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 9C. Breezy. Winds from the ENE at 15 to 25 km/h. Hopefully better weather for hawks! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bri-Anna Jaksic (briannajak...@gmail.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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
