Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 61 357 357 Osprey 4 16 16 Bald Eagle 6 35 35 Northern Harrier 11 46 46 Sharp-shinned Hawk 147 354 354 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 469 1599 1599 Red-tailed Hawk 11 59 59 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 31 68 68 Merlin 7 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 750 2565 2565 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Dave Martin, Jim McCoy, Linda Waldarski Visitors: A small group of visitors and experienced hawk watchers visited throughout the day providing excellent company. George from Ohio was interested in learning raptor ID. Several local residents spent some time on the tower along with John and Ron, from Mississauga area later in the day. Bob Hall-Brooks, Dave Martin and Linda Waldarski spent a couple of hours each and Jim McCoy helped for most of the afternoon. Thank you everyone. Weather: It was a perfect day for hawk watching. The sun was warm, the winds were NNE to N all day and there was excellent wispy cloud cover for the background. Raptor Observations: 12 species were observed today including a light adult Swainson's Hawk. Many thanks to Jim who questioned the 'larger' hawk kettling with the BWs. The flight lines were challenging as birds were blown out onto Lake Erie, powering their way across the marsh over the tower, and winging west in the northern skies. At one point we had BWs flowing directly south and crossing the flight paths of other migrating raptors. Non-raptor Observations: A much more quiet day today. See our non-raptor report at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39149236 Predictions: Yuck - east winds in the morning and south in the afternoon. But at least the sun will be shining - could be worse. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Cartwright (p...@bmts.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ 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
