Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2168 31327 Osprey 0 0 186 Bald Eagle 0 22 174 Northern Harrier 2 193 1266 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 151 12378 Cooper's Hawk 0 133 729 Northern Goshawk 0 4 16 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 205 505 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18400 Red-tailed Hawk 7 4517 6370 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 20 Golden Eagle 0 50 79 American Kestrel 0 3 1611 Merlin 0 3 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 94 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 4 Unknown Buteo 0 12 37 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Raptor 0 1 7 Total: 10 7488 73314 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Visitors: Claude and Nina Radley took me to lunch. Thanks! Weather: Very windy 20-32 km/hr (22 mph) from SW. 2-4 C temp, pressure 30.12 in Hg, 57% humidity, 20%-99% cloud cover With very good visibility. Raptor Observations: So windy that few birds noted in early time count with none very high and most down on the 'deck' just over the water or vegetation over the marsh. Nice close male harrier. Non-raptor Observations: 6 hooded mergansers, cardinal, bluebird, Caroline Wren, coot, (one each). 300 mallard and mixed pond ducks. Predictions: This was the last official day of the 2007 Hawk Count Season. We only count in the fall but the birds fly when they want to. I THANK all of the volunteer counters, spotters, and helpers for a job well done for this season. A raw summary of the season can be seen at (hawkcount.org) by clicking on the menu for 'Holiday Beach". A more complete accounting will be forthcoming in the newsletter, Northwind, available with a membership (hbmo.org). See our website for dates for the HBMO Christmas Bird Count and annual meeting in March 2008. Have a splendid birding year! Bob Pettit, count Co-chair. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit (redknot@earthlink.net) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/