Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 50 1289 41550 Osprey 0 0 76 Bald Eagle 5 25 349 Northern Harrier 2 22 406 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 55 6536 Cooper's Hawk 4 30 606 Northern Goshawk 1 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 91 706 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 23 820 3444 Rough-legged Hawk 1 11 28 Golden Eagle 2 45 68 American Kestrel 0 2 1140 Merlin 0 1 86 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 37 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Gyrfalcon 0 0 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 96 2399 103686 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Visitors: No visitors Weather: Low of 1.5 to a high of 6.3 C with winds out of the NW to W. Light rain in the afternoon shut down the hawk flight. Raptor Observations: 96 Raptors of 10 species. 2 adult Golden Eagles and an immature Northern Goshawk were the highlights for the day. Non-raptor Observations: Goldfinch - 235, Starling 3,600, Cedar Waxwing - 870, American Crow - 4,000, Tundra Swan - 31 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kory Renaud (koryren...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - 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
