Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 85 85 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 0 29 29 Northern Harrier 0 39 39 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 208 208 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 22 22 Red-tailed Hawk 0 37 37 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 80 80 Merlin 0 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 9 9 Unknown Buteo 0 12 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 1 5 5 Total: 20 579 579 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 12:15:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Kory Renaud Visitors: A couple birding the area from Port Colbourne and a local woman with two kids spent some time up on the tower today and got to see our resident eagles and a couple of Sharp-shinned Hawks. Weather: Low visibility and cloudy for the first few hours, precluding the heavy rain that started in the middle of hour 6. The wind was circling a little bit but mostly came with a South component. Raptor Observations: A combination of S winds and rain left us with 20 raptors that went through today. Despite the low numbers, our resident Osprey and Bald Eagles were, as usual, providing entertainment. One Osprey caught a fish which the Bald Eagle wanted. This resulted in a high speed chase across the marsh and a game of catch which the Bald Eagle ended up winning. Non-raptor Observations: A slow raptor day went hand in hand with a slow passerine, dragonfly and monarch day. The passerine banding station closed up early due to low volume. 5 R-Throated Hummingbirds and 19 Chimney Swifts flew through, along with 6 Killdeer, 7 Blue Jays, 27 Cedar Waxwings and 11 American Goldfinches. At least 100 swallows were present at sunrise but circled around for some time and flew mostly East. The rain brought out a few Common Yellowthroats and Song Sparrows who were using the wet leaves to have a bath. 3 Monarchs. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19792614 Predictions: The weather clearing up tomorrow with winds from the NW, hopefully bringing some raptors along with it. Hawk Fest this weekend! See our website for schedule of events http://hbmo.ca/blog/festival-of-hawks-2014-full-schedule-of-events/ ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcde...@mail.uoguelph.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
