Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 219 1940 39851 Osprey 0 0 40 Bald Eagle 2 21 182 Northern Harrier 2 48 469 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 201 5654 Cooper's Hawk 3 25 194 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 90 284 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 7325 Red-tailed Hawk 71 551 1562 Rough-legged Hawk 1 3 4 Golden Eagle 0 5 12 American Kestrel 0 8 1435 Merlin 0 6 61 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 22 Unknown Buteo 3 6 51 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 5 Unknown Raptor 1 1 10 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 323 2910 57212 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Craig Evans Observers: Visitors: 5 people were at he tower today including John Barnes, Kory Renaud and Kit McCann. Weather: The day began with clear sunny skies, a temperature of -3.5 C and west northwest winds. Around 10 am the winds shifted to the northwest and remained so until 1:00 pm when they abruptly moved southwest and lasted for the rest of the day. The skies began to cloud over more so in the afternoon and temperatures remained around 0 C. Raptor Observations: A good number of raptors were coming through when the winds moved north, albeit they were quite high in the sky, but it slowed again in the afternoon. A light morph Rough-legged Hawk was observed. (71) Red-tailed Hawks, (10) Red-Shouldered Hawks and (10) Sharp-shinned Hawks were seen today. An adult Peregrine Falcon hovered over the the tower, eating on the wing. The Osprey was observed in the morning. Non-raptor Observations: The marsh had frozen over during the night for the first time this fall, except for few small area where the reduced number and variety of ducks congregated. A relatively large number of Pine Siskin were noted calling flying over today. American Crows - 3,140 https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49944122 Predictions: Winds are expected from the southeast with mixed precipitation in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Craig Evans (c...@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100 _______________________________________________ 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
