Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 02, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2 2 51147 Osprey 0 0 83 Bald Eagle 1 1 208 Northern Harrier 2 2 884 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 8283 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 223 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 12 12 507 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16636 Red-tailed Hawk 75 75 3021 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 26 Golden Eagle 0 0 56 American Kestrel 0 0 1521 Merlin 0 0 64 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22 Unknown Buteo 0 0 107 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Raptor 0 0 24 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 93 93 82872 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy Visitors: One local birder visited briefly, and Neil. Weather: The temperature started at -1.3C but quickly rose with the sun to 6C where it stayed most of the day. The (very light and sometimes nonexistent) winds came from the east in the morning, changing very briefly to NE and then staying from the SE the rest of the day. Heavy clouds moved in suddenly just after noon, covering the clear sky and making the temperature seem much cooler. Raptor Observations: We had a return to this year's typical flight line on the north side of the marsh with a pretty decent flight with almost 100 raptors. Red-tails were our most abundant bird of the day and even managed to gain a fair amount of altitude in the afternoon. Red-shouldered Hawks were keeping up pretty well for this time of year, with 12 still flapping by. A Sharpie, 2 Northern Harriers, an adult Bald Eagle and 2 Turkey Vultures finished off the count. Non-raptor Observations: One flock of 170 Red-winged Blackbirds flew high overhead to the west. 6 Pine Siskins, 111 American Goldfinches, 11 Cedar Waxwings, 4 American Robins, 1 Eastern Bluebird, and 27 American Crows were the only migrant non-raptors. Around the tower we could hear and see chickadees, Brown Creepers, White-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, American Tree Sparrow and Song Sparrow. 11 species of ducks were in the marsh, scattered all throughout rather than conglomerating at the farthest side like they have been wont to do lately. Mallards are currently the most numerous. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S26102629 Predictions: NW winds until 10am, switching to 19kph winds from the west afterwards. Temperatures will be around the same as today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcde...@alumni.uoguelph.ca) 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
