Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 2026 41941 42388
Osprey 0 5 68
Bald Eagle 2 140 256
Northern Harrier 3 222 514
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 3571 7583
Cooper's Hawk 8 298 390
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 44 245 245
Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115
Red-tailed Hawk 222 1727 1879
Rough-legged Hawk 3 6 6
Golden Eagle 4 16 16
American Kestrel 0 282 1203
Merlin 0 32 119
Peregrine Falcon 0 17 39
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 7
Unknown Buteo 1 20 25
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2
Total: 2345 48583 60863
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Blaine Landsborough, Jeanece Seals, Jim McCoy,
Michael Williamson, Phyllis Coble, Theresa Lindsey
Visitors:
Today was the last full day of our visit from the Tennessee Trio! They will
be stopping by in the morning briefly before their drive back! Safe travels
to them!
Weather:
Light Southerly winds all day, the winds must have been strong higher up
because the birds were seemingly getting pushed North.
Raptor Observations:
A good flight of raptors today, but almost all were scope-required birds
far to our North, and either Mike or myself were scoping the North all day!
3 more Rough-legged Hawks, and 4 more Golden Eagles were the highlights.
Two Goldens migrated past within minutes of each other at about 11:35 local
time, and the other two migrated past between 3-4pm local time.
Non-raptor Observations:
177 Blue Jays, it appears a few are still migrating over, as well as 870
American Crows. There was a decent non-raptor migration today, with 85
Horned Larks, 22 American Pipits, 125 Cedar Waxwings, over 1,300 Blackbird
like-birds migrated over as well as 213 Finch-like birds. For the full
eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32271634
Predictions:
Tomorrows winds are predicted to be out of the S, then switch over the the
W for the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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