Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 511 21871 22318 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 0 93 209 Northern Harrier 0 116 408 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 1977 5989 Cooper's Hawk 1 186 278 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 60 60 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 0 461 613 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 228 1149 Merlin 4 21 108 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 33 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 6 Unknown Buteo 0 8 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 528 25094 37374 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Visitors: A couple visitors, unfortunately not many birds to see for most of the day. Weather: Moderately strong Southerly winds all day. Rain started rolling in at about 3:45pm local time, so the count was ended for the day. Raptor Observations: Fairly slow day today, Turkey Vultures were trickling through along the lake for part of the day. One Merlin first thing in the morning, then 3 more in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: 2,710 Blue Jays today, there numbers are certainly dwindling. 47 American Robin, 178 American Goldfinch, and our first 4 Pine Siskins of the season were observed migrating. Dabbling duck numbers continue in good numbers on the marsh, as well as a large number of American Coots. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32101101 One Monarch today. Predictions: Moderate NW winds overnight, but will be out of the W in the morning, switching to SW in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
