Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 41 460 460
Osprey 5 27 27
Bald Eagle 0 101 101
Northern Harrier 4 124 124
Sharp-shinned Hawk 143 2728 2728
Cooper's Hawk 0 81 81
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 36 36
Broad-winged Hawk 0 35572 35572
Red-tailed Hawk 1 182 182
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 15 492 492
Merlin 13 37 37
Peregrine Falcon 3 12 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 14 14
Unknown Buteo 0 15 15
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 15 15
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 225 39903 39903
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Observation start time: 06:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Cramer, Donny Moore, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Paul Pratt,
Steve Greidanus
Visitors:
The Hawk Festival brought many families from near and far to the tower
today. We had a pretty good number of visitors on the tower all morning
and into the afternoon. The University of Windsor Ornithology students
(some 60 in number) also visited the festival today. They spent time at
the Hawk Tower, but also the Banding Stations learning about our protocals
for recording data on migratory birds. We hope to see some of these
students back thru the count season. Thanks to all who helped make it a
great day!
Weather:
A hazy warm morning on the tower led to a ful our warm summer like day by
afternoon with temperature reaching 25.5C. Winds were constantly from the
South, at times SW and at times SE, but relatively light all day.
Raptor Observations:
8 species of Raptor were tallied today. Sharp-shinned Hawks made up the
majority of todays count numbers, but Merlins had a strong showing today
with 13 birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays were on the move this morning in flocks of 30-80, totalling 890
by the end of the count. Other notable species were American Goldfinch,
Cedar Waxwings and Chimney Swifts. Hundreds of Tree Swallows spent the day
feeding over the marsh and ponds all afternoon.
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19888902
Predictions:
Warmer temperature prevail with some scattered showers.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawkla...@aol.com)
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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