Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 19 507 507 Osprey 0 64 64 Bald Eagle 0 99 99 Northern Harrier 4 287 287 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 4196 4196 Cooper's Hawk 0 44 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 6 16121 16121 Red-tailed Hawk 12 90 90 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 796 796 Merlin 1 31 31 Peregrine Falcon 1 11 11 Unknown Accipiter 1 6 6 Unknown Buteo 0 13 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 89 22275 22275 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Cramer, Jim McCoy, Michael Williamson Visitors: For such a beautiful day, visitors seemed scarce in the park today overall...maybe they were all at cider mills picking apples. We had several couples and families stop by all from Ontario who stayed briefly and then wandered on. Weather: Haze and clouds filled the skies for the early hours. Winds were quite variable today but most times very light from the south and east. By mid morning the sun was out and the afternoon temperatures warmed to 26.7C making it quite warm on the tower. Clouds began to move back in by 1pm. Raptor Observations: The South and SE winds made for a poor raptor flight in quantity, but we did have 8 species represented including all three falcons. The last hour of the count today was a lone Merlin (Juv) who came in low over the trees east of the tower and took not one, but 3 passes at our Great Horned Owl decoy. This was quite a treat! Earlier there was a lone Peragrine Falcon who came in right off the lake and may have considered for just a minute that owl decoy, but decided it wasn't worth the effort and kept on his flight path. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays were on the move for several hours today totalling 6450. The marsh has quite a variety of ducks present this morning including: 7 Wood Duck, 33 Gadwall, 20 American Wigeon, 45 plus Mallards, 4 Northern Shovelers, 5 Common Gallinule & over 800 American Coot. Also spotted in the marsh were: 5 Great Egret, 4 Great Blue Heron, 1 Green Heron, 10 Pied-billed Grebes, & several dozen Double-crested Cormorants. Several warbler were seen from the tower including Black-poll, Common Yellowthroat, and Wilson's. Predictions: Warm and partly sunny with winds from the SSW. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawkla...@aol.com) 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
