Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 39 381 2586 Osprey 5 7 41 Bald Eagle 1 4 141 Northern Harrier 0 9 237 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 211 4745 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 155 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 39 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 36311 Red-tailed Hawk 3 25 280 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 5 American Kestrel 1 17 723 Merlin 1 2 49 Peregrine Falcon 5 8 26 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 15 Unknown Buteo 1 3 30 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 23 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 58 676 45408 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Angela Brouwer, Claude Radley, Dan Brouwer, Jim McCoy Visitors: Several folks ventured out to enjoy a real fall day. A group (10) of young scouts, Grandparents and two grandkids, and 4 others. Weather: Temp 7.5-10.4C, Pressure 29.67 mmHg steady, Overcast 75%-95%, Rain drops for 20 minutes only. Wind SW mostly 13-20km/hr Max gust 38.6km.hr Raptor Observations: Very windy conditions kept all birds from flying high or at all. TVs that numbers honors but OS and PG each at 5 were unexpected at best. The merlin was so fast. The Kestrel had not read the wind report and was struggling. I thought it went for the plastic owl but I realized the wind blew it close to the owl! Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose - 55, Mute Swan - 15, Mallard - 30, Blue-winged Teal - 1, Dubl-crested Corm - 50, Great Blue Heron - 2, Great Egret - 5, Killdeer - 15, Sandpiper Species - 12, Bonaparte's Gull - 35, Ring-billed Gull - 30, G. Black-backed Gull - 1, Gull Species - 35, Belted Kingfisher - 1, Downy Woodpecker - 1, Blue Jay - 500, Tree Swallow - 52, N. R.-winged Swallow - 4, Swallow Species - 15, European Starling â 1,000, unidentified warblers - 5. Tree Swallows were mostly inches off of the water in the marsh gleaning insects. Predictions: Choice #1: Overcast with a chance of rain. High of 52F. Windy. Winds from the WSW at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Choice #2: Chance of showers. 52 high, wind WSW. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit (redk...@earthlink.net) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/
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