Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 04, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2 51147 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 0 4 211 Northern Harrier 0 2 884 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 8283 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 223 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 12 507 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 4 86 3032 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 27 Golden Eagle 0 0 56 American Kestrel 0 0 1521 Merlin 0 0 64 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22 Unknown Buteo 0 0 107 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Raptor 0 0 24 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 4 108 82887 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks Visitors: Chris visited for a little bit. Weather: Well, it was dreary. The promised sunshine never broke through and we were dealing with complete cloud all day long. 9kph winds started from the west and shifted more towards the south later on. The temperature rose to just over 4C, and visibility was only around 6 or 7 km. Raptor Observations: One species was seen migrating, I'll let you all guess which that was. Spoiler alert: they were Red-tails (4). They were quite far to the north and so didn't offer up any exceptional looks. On the other hand, the resident 3 adult Bald Eagles were up and about for most of the day, and at one point one of them flew into the nest carrying a gigantic 4' long branch. I guess it's time for winter maintenance. Non-raptor Observations: The morning brought small formations of gulls moving to the west (Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Herring, Great Black-backed). Over the marsh and beyond, ducks were also on the move; many unidentifiable from a distance, but multiple hundred seen. Our migrating passerines consisted of 4 Horned Larks, 20 starlings, and 19 American Goldfinches. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S26125467 Predictions: Winds from the SW with purportedly full sun again (we'll see about that one) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcde...@alumni.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
