Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 98 505 505
Osprey 2 47 47
Bald Eagle 3 156 156
Northern Harrier 6 145 145
Sharp-shinned Hawk 176 3047 3047
Cooper's Hawk 2 177 177
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 11
Broad-winged Hawk 20 47911 47911
Red-tailed Hawk 2 231 231
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 1 623 623
Merlin 0 45 45
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 8
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 6 6
Total: 311 52914 52914
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Todd Pepper
Observers: Carol Pitts, Chris Craft, Ed Pitts, Olga Klekner,
Patrick Tomlinson, Roland Klekner, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
Roberta Buchanan from Sarnia stopped in for a few hours after visiting Hawk
Cliff earlier this week. Chritina & Mike were here for their annual visit
from Mississauga; 4 visitors came from the Port Dover area; and, two
stopped in from Tecumseh.
Weather:
The forecast did not get anything right about today's weather. The
temperature ranged from 16-26.5 (not the forecasted high of 23); the winds
started out of the south-east and shifted after the first hour to the south
instead of the predicted easterly winds; winds were minimal all day,
generally 2 - 3 km/hr instead of the 15 -20 km/hr that were forecasted.
While the cloud cover was generally 70 - 80% it was hot out there.
Raptor Observations:
It was almost all Sharpies all the time, until the last couple hours when
we finally had a little diversity. We ended the day with 311 birds of 10
species. The 176 Sharp-shinned Hawks were 83% of the raptors other than
Turkey Vultures. In the last 3 hours of the count all birds, even the
Sharpies, were mere dots in the northern sky.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not a big day for passerines. I guess even they need some wind. Highlights
include: Killdeer - 20; Ruddy Turnstone -5; Chimney Swift - 22;
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3; and, American Goldfinch - 48. Only 1 Monarch
seen today.
Predictions:
Every weather station seems to have a different prediction for the area
weather tomorrow. Environment Canada, however, is predicting South winds
from 15 - 20 km/hr; the temperature ranging from 6 - 27C; sunny in the
morning and clouding over in the afternoon with a threat of rain; and, very
high humidity levels. It could be steamy.
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Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_t...@yahoo.ca)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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