Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 345 33365 36977
Osprey 0 19 76
Bald Eagle 0 86 309
Northern Harrier 1 147 366
Sharp-shinned Hawk 134 1837 6348
Cooper's Hawk 11 254 506
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 118 136
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 48629
Red-tailed Hawk 36 612 979
Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6
Golden Eagle 0 7 9
American Kestrel 7 247 1137
Merlin 0 22 82
Peregrine Falcon 1 13 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Gyrfalcon 0 1 1
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7
Total: 541 36738 95610
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Cramer, Dan Lumm, Dennis Patrick, Gwen Patrick,
Ralph Billingsley
Visitors:
Several small groups visited today... Karl from Sterling Heights MI, Randal
from Mississauga ON, and Dale from Hesston KS were out again today to enjoy
a few hours before heading out. Several families were also up for short
visits in the afternoon. Jeremy Bensette arrived to find the Ibis that has
been hanging out for the last few days as well. Thanks to all who helped
with the count today!
Weather:
Mostly cloudy today with only a couple breaks of sunshine later in the
afternoon. Winds were out of the West to begin changing to Southwest by
afternoon, but overall quite light. Temperatures started at 5.8C and
warmed to 10.9 for the last hour of the count.
Raptor Observations:
Only 8 species noted today out of a possible 16. Turkey Vultures and
Sharp-shinned Hawks dominated the count today. Missing totally from the
count were Eagles...not a Bald or Golden to be found. We had a nice adult
Peregrine Falcon "buzz the tower" today about 9am...not happy with our owl.
It was quite the thrill as the Peregrine made 3 passes at the owl.
Non-raptor Observations:
Tundra Swans are moving thru...one group of 17 flew into the west end of
the open marsh, rested for a couple of hours and then moved on. A total of
29 Tundra Swans today migrating. The Ibis that has been around the last
couple of days was still here this morning. Thanks to Dan Lumm's 60 power
eyepiece on his spotting scope we determined it is most definately a Glossy
Ibis, no sign of a red iris. Glad that Jeremy Bensette was able to see the
bird today since he made a special trip for exactly that.
American Crows were on the move numbering 1711 today along with large
flocks of Blackbirds (mostly Red-winged) who totalled 5462! Tree Swallows
(38) are still coming thru along with American Goldfinch (125). Ruby and
Golden-crowned Kinglets are still moving thru(10 & 30 respectively).
Dark-eyed Juncos (14) and White-throated Sparrows (12) foraged all day in
the brush around the tower.
Predictions:
Clouds and sun for tomorrow, starting off chilly at "freezing" and warming
to a high of about 11 C. Winds start the day NW and then switch to NE by
afternoon. LOOKS PROMISING FOR ALL YOU HAWK WATCHERS WHO CAN COME OUT ON
MONDAY....darn job of mine will keep me away.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawkla...@aol.com)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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