Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2750 31888 Osprey 0 0 82 Bald Eagle 0 24 163 Northern Harrier 0 38 459 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 135 5546 Cooper's Hawk 0 107 626 Northern Goshawk 0 8 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 241 518 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6055 Red-tailed Hawk 5 2134 3544 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 16 Golden Eagle 0 33 42 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: 5 5501 50066 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: None Weather: A bright, sunny day with temperatures ranging from 0.5 - 4.5C. The winds were out of the west all day ranging from 16 - 25 km/hr. Barometric pressure was steady. Raptor Observations: Another slow day with only 5 Red-tailed Hawks migrating. Just like the day before, 4 of the Red-tails came in on the same flight path and passed by the tower all within 9 minutes starting at 11:37. A Cooper's Hawk blasted out of the trees immediately to the east of the tower right into the 25 km/hr winds and did an arch going back into the trees to the north-east. Non-raptor Observations: The non-raptor migration again matched the raptor number with 5 species. A flock of 50 Northern Shoveler came in high from the east and settled at the west end of the Big Creek Marsh. Other species included: 14 Bonaparte's Gulls; 1 Red-winged Blackbird; 44 American Goldfinch; and you know it was a slow day when I counted the 4 Eurasian Starlings that flew over the tower. Predictions: The winds are not going to be good for migration today either. The forecast is for South-West winds of 15 - 20 km/hr. Temperature is forecasted at 2 - 6C, and a cloudy morning leading into a sunny afternoon. ======================================================================== 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/
