Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 173 2346 45468 Osprey 0 0 68 Bald Eagle 0 20 280 Northern Harrier 7 46 572 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 102 7764 Cooper's Hawk 7 67 469 Northern Goshawk 1 1 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 24 193 490 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 83 1186 3423 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 14 Golden Eagle 3 28 46 American Kestrel 0 2 1205 Merlin 1 3 123 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 43 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7 Unknown Buteo 0 8 33 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 6 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 311 4010 66134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Dan Loncke, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Michael Williamson Visitors: Karen brought her niece up the tower today. We didn't have enough birds to get her hooked into it, but she seemed intrigued and interested anyways. Weather: Very light Southerly winds throughout the day, with no clouds in slight. Raptor Observations: Reasonably slow but there were a few birds moving. A few decent groups of Turkey Vultures went through between 11-12, and among them were two Vultures with yellow wing-tags! A Northern Goshawk was observed early in the morning on the far shore. 3 more Golden Eagles today, and a decent flight of Red-shoulders and Red-tails. Non-raptor Observations: 400 Cedar Waxwings and 116 American Goldfinch were counted migrating past. There were also a good number of Rusty Blackbirds in the mixed blackbird flocks this morning. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32425013 2 Monarchs were seen from the tower today! Predictions: Moderate SW winds, with rain predicated to start in the late morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
