Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 72 72 Osprey 1 27 27 Bald Eagle 7 33 33 Northern Harrier 10 59 59 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 516 516 Cooper's Hawk 3 27 27 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1039 1039 Red-tailed Hawk 3 48 48 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 32 255 255 Merlin 1 16 16 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 103 2104 2104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy Visitors: Not if they were sane! Weather: Rain, sometimes heavy, until approximately 1 p.m. EST; winds out of the north/north-west up to 20 km/hr. Sun finally broke through and was sunny the remainder of the afternoon. Raptor Observations: No raptors from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. From 1 p.m. EST until 4 p.m. EST a total of 103 birds of 10 species Non-raptor Observations: The only non-raptor that flew in migration prior to 1 p.m. EST was a lone Chimney Swift. Non-raptor migration was not recorded after 1 p.m. EST. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_t...@yahoo.ca) 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
