Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 17 612 43619 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 9 158 Northern Harrier 2 33 622 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 70 9590 Cooper's Hawk 1 49 859 Northern Goshawk 0 3 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 39 797 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 10 485 4543 Rough-legged Hawk 2 6 11 Golden Eagle 4 16 61 American Kestrel 0 5 1738 Merlin 0 0 120 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 101 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7 Unknown Buteo 0 1 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 37 1330 80649 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Pettit, Dorothy McLeer, Jim McCoy, Justin Bosler Visitors: Casey Lloyd, one of the new passerine banders, came up for an hour. Unfortunately not much to show her. 2 couples from Windsor and two family or 3 each from the Essex County area also spent some time on the tower. Weather: Clear skies, 11 - 16 C, SW winds started strong at 20 - 28 km/hr and reduced over the day to 5 km/hr. Raptor Observations: 37 Raptors of 7 species. Highlight was 4 Golden Eagles within just over a half hour starting at 10:33. Non-raptor Observations: There was little passerine movement during the day except between 8 - 9 am with 667 American Crows; 1 Northern Flicker; 300 Red-winged Blackbirds; 1,000 European Starlings with at least 1 Rusty Blackbird in the mix; and 96 Horned Larks. A flock of 11 Tundra Swans flew over in the morning and a flock of 9 Tundra Swans came in around 3 p.m. and looked like they were going to stay overnight. Great Egrets appear to be gone. 1 juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron and 1 juvenile Pied-billed Grebe still around, as well as the usual contingent of waterfowl. Predictions: Sunny, warm with high of 17 C, winds out of SE at 7 - 17 km/hr so could be another slow migration day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper ([email protected]) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
