Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 254 1665 1665 Osprey 1 31 31 Bald Eagle 5 124 124 Northern Harrier 19 195 195 Sharp-shinned Hawk 126 3952 3952 Cooper's Hawk 13 123 123 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 39 39 Broad-winged Hawk 103 36293 36293 Red-tailed Hawk 6 225 225 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 5 5 American Kestrel 18 617 617 Merlin 0 46 46 Peregrine Falcon 2 16 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 15 Unknown Buteo 0 24 24 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 15 15 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 547 43387 43387 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Claude Radley, Donny Moore, Jim McCoy Visitors: Malcolm and Helen from Chatham visited today, along with a couple from Stratford and 11 other local folks, many of them taking advantage of the kids' day off school. Weather: The first couple of hours were very foggy, with 200m visibility. After the fog burned off, there was partial cloud cover and S component winds for most of the rest of the day. Raptor Observations: Only one Kestrel was seen going to the E during the foggy portion of the morning. Birds were being pushed to the N end of the marsh due to the Southerly component winds. We had some mixed kettles of Broad-winged Hawks and Turkey Vultures and the 19 Northern Harriers were very nice to see. 547 birds of 10 species was the total. Non-raptor Observations: The non-raptors had a slow day due to the fog as well. 2700 Blue Jays, 47 American Goldfinches, 2 Blackburnian and 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen today. There were many Monarchs (51) and dragonflies in the afternoon! See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19951242 Predictions: Winds at 10-15km/h from the NE, changing to E in the late morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcdermo@mail.uoguelph.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/