Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 2745 31883 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 20 159 Northern Harrier 1 31 452 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 133 5544 Cooper's Hawk 3 107 626 Northern Goshawk 0 7 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 239 516 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 8 2088 3498 Rough-legged Hawk 1 6 16 Golden Eagle 1 32 41 American Kestrel 0 4 937 Merlin 0 4 88 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 0 16 22 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Total: 19 5433 49998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Visitors: A lonely day on the Tower. A total of 4 visitors. Weather: Fog and haze in the morning. Partly cloudy skies through midday with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon. Temps. ranged from 4 to 9C. Winds were minimal at 1-7 kph out of the ESE to SSE. Raptor Observations: One small pulse of raptors in the noon hour was about it for the day. Surprisingly, in that one pulse was a light adult Rough-legged Hawk and an adult Golden Eagle. Conditions for raptor migration deteriorated early in the afternoon with increasing cloudiness and calm winds. Non-raptor Observations: Actually, not too much of interest aside from finches today. Common Redpoll numbers continue to climb. I tallied no fewer than 255. American Goldfinches were well represented again with 470+. Still, only a handful of Pine Siskins and White-winged Crossbills. Later in the afternoon a flock of 14 Lapland Longspurs flew over. A few minutes later a small group was observed returning to the east, which I assumed to be part of the original group. Predictions: The forecast looks like a mirror image of today. Fog early giving way to mostly cloudy skies. Winds at less than 5 kph. High of 10C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bos...@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/
