Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 834 43841 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 0 17 166 Northern Harrier 0 97 686 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 181 9701 Cooper's Hawk 0 131 941 Northern Goshawk 0 10 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 338 1096 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 2100 6158 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 26 Golden Eagle 0 48 93 American Kestrel 0 8 1741 Merlin 0 2 122 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 106 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 6 17 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 0 3801 83120 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 1 hours Official Counter: Rene Kielbasa Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: not a one eventhough gate opened. Weather: heavy overcast day;with south/southwesterly winds gusting to 29 km./hr. one hour episode of hail-like rain. Raptor Observations: where have all the raptors gone..long time passing. two local birds... adult bald eagle peregrine falcon Non-raptor Observations: small groups of european starlings ,totaling 200 individuals single group of Bonaparte`s numbering 15. Predictions: sunny periods gusty nor`westers at 30 km/hr. looks promising ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rene Kielbasa (renefkielbasa@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/