Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 9 245 245 Osprey 1 68 68 Bald Eagle 1 79 79 Northern Harrier 1 254 254 Sharp-shinned Hawk 72 3967 3967 Cooper's Hawk 2 116 116 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 2 17728 17728 Red-tailed Hawk 1 140 140 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 6 761 761 Merlin 2 44 44 Peregrine Falcon 1 20 20 Unknown Accipiter 0 5 5 Unknown Buteo 0 6 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 98 23438 23438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Frank Dolby, Jim McCoy, Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner Visitors: Up to 8 visitors today including Steve Wagner (OH), Patrick Tomlinson (OH), Jim McCoy, Frank Dolby (PA), and Betty Learmouth. Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy and hazy skies with Southwest winds at 1 to 7 mph in the AM turning West-southwest and West in the PM and increasing to 8 to 12 mph. Haze clearing with slight shift in wind direction (to West). Warm and humid with temps. ranging from 21.5 to 25C. Visibility very poor up until around 1200 EST when it began to improve incrementally by the hour. Raptor Observations: Slightly more diverse flight today than yesterday, otherwise similar composition and numbers. At least 2 Broadwings put down in the trees to the East of the Tower in the afternoon; therefore not counted. Looking forward to their passage tomorrow along with many more. Non-raptor Observations: 11 species of waterfowl, Black-crowned Night-heron- 3 (1 ad., 2 juvs.), Bald Eagle- 6 locals, Shorebirds included Killdeer(15), Greater(1) and Lesser(2) Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper(1), and Wilson's Snipe(1). Chimney Swift- 22, Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 2, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER- 5 (1 ad.(1018), 4 juvs. (0740, 0930, 0955, and 1055), Least Flycatcher- 1, Blue Jay- 11,980, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 1, Red-eyed Vireo- 1, Low diversity of warblers on the ground; only 6 species noted. 2 Cape Mays most noteworthy. Cedar Waxwing- 47, Indigo Bunting- at least 1, Purple Finch- 1, American Goldfinch- 848, Other: Monarch- 15, few dragonflies today. Predictions: Partly cloudy skies with North winds around 5 mph. High of 21C. Forecast looks great. After half a week of lousy migration conditions the flood gates should open up tomorrow with raptors pouring through. One more big push of Broadwings, perhaps. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bos...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
