Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 39547 39994 Osprey 0 5 68 Bald Eagle 0 136 252 Northern Harrier 1 218 510 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 3528 7540 Cooper's Hawk 1 290 382 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 201 201 Broad-winged Hawk 0 50 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1504 1656 Rough-legged Hawk 2 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 12 12 American Kestrel 0 282 1203 Merlin 1 32 119 Peregrine Falcon 0 16 38 Unknown Accipiter 0 5 7 Unknown Buteo 0 19 24 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 17 45854 58134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 3.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Visitors: Bob Hall-Brooks came up the tower briefly before the rain to inform me that they banded 83 Northern Saw-whet Owls between last night and this morning! Weather: Today was a very chilly morning, with overcast skies and moderate NE winds. It started to sprinkle a little around 11:30 local time, and at noon the rain started and continued for the rest of the day, thus no count was conducted after noon. Raptor Observations: Small flight came before the rain. Surprisingly the Sharp-shinned Hawks were coming over fairly high, while everything else was low. Two Rough-legged Hawks were a nice treat, one adult female, and one was either a female of immature, both light morph. Non-raptor Observations: A small flight before the rain, 3,430 American Crows, and 25 Purple Finches migrated over before the rain came. Most notable was a Eastern/Yellow subspecies of Palm Warbler. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32243542 Predictions: Likely some rain in the morning, but hopefully the afternoon will be sunny skies! Winds starting out in the SE and doing a full 180 to switch to the NW in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjenniskens@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/