Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 26 7904 56024 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 3 80 236 Northern Harrier 2 63 487 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 492 5347 Cooper's Hawk 4 78 261 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 32 675 808 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 36 2361 3340 Rough-legged Hawk 0 20 37 Golden Eagle 0 73 85 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 6 76 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 7 Unknown Buteo 1 3 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 2 2 11 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 108 11775 73618 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Weather: Winds started out in the east but soon switched to southeast, and eventually south. Raptor Observations: A surprising flight of Red-shoulders today, with 32 - almost all were adults. Nearly half of the raptors today migrated between 10:20-10:40am; well over half if you exclude Turkey Vultures. They were noticeably getting further out to the north as the morning progressed, and eventually there were some counted that weren't even visible in binoculars. Though there may have been more bird migrating too far north to see, only one raptor was counted after 12:30pm. Non-raptor Observations: A bit of songbird migrating in the morning. 322 Horned Larks were counted, along with 17 Eastern Bluebirds, 172 American Robins, 62 Cedar Waxwings, and 188 American Goldfinches. Full eBird checklist can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40562206?share=true Predictions: South winds and lots of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjennisk...@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
