Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 655 1517 44639
Osprey 0 0 68
Bald Eagle 10 17 277
Northern Harrier 5 25 551
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 71 7733
Cooper's Hawk 14 39 441
Northern Goshawk 0 0 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 57 138 435
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6115
Red-tailed Hawk 550 916 3153
Rough-legged Hawk 4 5 14
Golden Eagle 9 17 35
American Kestrel 0 2 1205
Merlin 0 1 121
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 43
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 4 8 33
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 1325 2757 64881
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Dave Martin, Jim McCoy, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson,
Mike Fitzpatrick, Natasha Barlow, Olga Klekner
Visitors:
A few more guests out to see some migrating hawks! In the late afternoon we
had a trio of visitors from Nevada, and I got to show one of them a nice
young Golden Eagle through the scope, though unfortunately it was quite
distant.
Weather:
Another gorgeous day of T-shirt and flip-flop weather! The morning went
great with perfect NW winds, and nice skies for viewing! In the afternoon,
the winds switched to the W and we noticed a dramatic decline in numbers.
Raptor Observations:
Another good day for raptor migration!.. well.. until the wind switched on
us.. The morning was excellent, with 6 Golden Eagles before noon local
time, and 236 Red-tailed Hawks in the hour between 11-12 local time; we
were dreaming of a 1000 Red-tail day! But unfortunately, the weather had
different plans. None the less, today was another excellent day to observe
raptors in quantity, and of heights.
Non-raptor Observations:
Similar to yesterday, many birds went undercounted due to raptors numbers
taking priority! We still had 3160 American Crows migrating past, and good
blackbird numbers. For the full eBird checklist, go to
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32371896 One butterfly of note was a
nice Buckeye that came and landed on the tower for us!
Predictions:
Tomorrow calls for mostly clear skies, with a moderate Westerly breeze!
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.com)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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