Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 13 13 Osprey 11 78 78 Bald Eagle 5 53 53 Northern Harrier 12 124 124 Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 2753 2753 Cooper's Hawk 11 53 53 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 6 321 321 Red-tailed Hawk 2 20 20 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 98 321 321 Merlin 5 28 28 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 3 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 450 3769 3769 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Stephen Kolbe Observers: Bob Pettit, Chris Craft, Claude Radley, John Craft Visitors: Visitors today included Frank and Jan Dyer from Dorchester and Jenny and Brian Simmons from England. Both couples were visiting for the first time and had great views of many migrants. Don't forget that this weekend is the Festival of Hawks! Weather: Temperatures 18-26 degrees C today, with sun for most of the day. Light winds 6-10 km/hr out of the southwest and south all day. A few clouds rolled in during the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Not huge numbers, but a steady trickle of migrants today due to the south winds. But still a decent number of Sharp-shinned Hawks and a nice showing of American Kestrels went by. Non-raptor Observations: Today's headliners: Two Red-headed Woodpeckers (both hatch year birds), three Redheads, one Hooded Merganser, and a very large flock of dabblers (mostly Mallards, but with other species mixed in). Pied-billed Grebe 30, Double-crested Cormorant 40, Great Blue Heron 15, Great Egret 4, Green Heron 1, Black-crowned Night-Heron 3, Mute Swan 50, Canada Goose 35, Wood Duck 20, Green-winged Teal 5, American Black Duck 20, Mallard 3000, Northern Pintail 18, Blue-winged Teal 29, Northern Shoveler 6, Gadwall 4, American Wigeon 14, Redhead 3, Hooded Merganser 1, Common Moorhen 4, American Coot 35, Semipalmated Plover 1, Killdeer 23, Greater Yellowlegs 6, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull 37, Herring Gull 20, Caspian Tern 7, Black Tern 3, Rock Pigeon 10, Mourning Dove 9, Common Nighthawk 1, Chimney Swift 27, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-headed Woodpecker 2, Downy Woodpecker 3, Northern Flicker 3, Purple Martin 100, Tree Swallow 75, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 75, Bank Swallow 5, Barn Swallow 100, Blue Jay 2, American Crow 1, Black-capped Chickadee 4, Carolina Wren 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6, Swainsonâs Thrush 2, American Robin 1, Gray Catbird 2, Cedar Waxwing 149, European Starling 2000, Yellow Warbler 1, Magnolia Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Wilsonâs Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 6, Red-winged Blackbird 200, Common Grackle 100, Brown-headed Cowbird 15, House Finch 1, American Goldfinch 161. Black Saddlebags 500, Common Green Darner 50, Monarch 10, Common Buckeye 4. Predictions: Chance of a Thunderstorm. Partly Cloudy. High: 26 C. Wind WSW 22 km/h. 30 percent chance of precipitation. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Stephen Kolbe (kolb...@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/
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