Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 43 1282 41543
Osprey 0 0 76
Bald Eagle 3 23 347
Northern Harrier 1 21 405
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 52 6533
Cooper's Hawk 1 27 603
Northern Goshawk 0 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 87 702
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629
Red-tailed Hawk 17 814 3438
Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 27
Golden Eagle 0 43 66
American Kestrel 0 2 1140
Merlin 2 3 88
Peregrine Falcon 1 5 38
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 8
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Black Vulture 0 1 1
Gyrfalcon 0 0 1
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7
Total: 70 2373 103660
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Paul Pratt
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Donny Moore, Dwayne Murphy, Jim McCoy,
Kory Renaud
Weather:
A breezy day with south winds changing slowly to the SW with maximum gusts
to 40 kph. Temps ranged from 7.5 to 14.2C with clear skies mid day becoming
overcast by mid afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Few raptors today with only 70 individuals of 8 species.
Non-raptor Observations:
A Red-throated Loon flew by the tower at 7:30 am. A total of 56 bird
species observed today with European Starling accounting for most
individuals with 17,700 counted.
Predictions:
More raptors as winds are shifting to the WNW!
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Report submitted by Paul Pratt (ppr...@city.windsor.on.ca)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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