Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 37 698 43705 Osprey 0 0 94 Bald Eagle 1 12 161 Northern Harrier 29 66 655 Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 114 9634 Cooper's Hawk 13 67 877 Northern Goshawk 0 3 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 43 87 845 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18292 Red-tailed Hawk 275 844 4902 Rough-legged Hawk 3 9 14 Golden Eagle 4 20 65 American Kestrel 2 7 1740 Merlin 1 1 121 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 102 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 3 14 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 448 1935 81254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:15:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Claude Radley, Jim McCoy, Martin Blagdurn, Mike Fitzpatrick, Olga Klekner Visitors: Many thanks to Jim McCoy, Mike Fitzpatrick, Martin Blagdurn, and Olga Klekner for their spotting assistance today. Weather: Overcast to mostly cloudy skies with North to Northeast winds at 5 to 15 mph (gusts to 20 mph). Temps. ranged from 9.3 to a high of 11.8 C, despite it feeling much cooler. Visibility was good to excellent throughout the day. Raptor Observations: A nice and diverse flight of raptors for 10 November, including all 3 regular falcons. Red-tailed Hawks made up a majority of the flight today with greater than 95% of those being adults. Fair numbers of Northern Harriers and Sharp-shinned Hawks, especially the latter for the second week of November. Additional highlights include 3 light (although 1 quite heavily-marked) morph Roughlegs and 4 Golden Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: 15 species of waterfowl, including 224 Tundra Swans (may have been upwards of 251), Sandhill Crane- 1, Bald Eagle- 2 (resident pair), Killdeer- 2, Horned Lark- 205, Am. Crow- 20,000+, Eastern Bluebird- 3+, Am. Robin- 115, Am. Pipit- 50, Cedar Waxwing- 81, Am. Tree Sparrow- 10, Song Sparrow- 1, Swamp Sparrow- 1, Lapland Longspur- 4+, Purple Finch- 8, Common Redpoll- 1 (FOF, calling flyover), Pine Siskin- 4+, Am. Goldfinch- 735. Predictions: Mostly sunny skies with Northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 12C. Looks like another good day setting up for tomorrow. Undoubtedly a better flight than today with a productive combination of sun and steady Northeast winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bosler@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/