[Ontbirds] HSR: Holiday Beach Conservation Area (26 Oct 2010) 79 Raptors
Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2010
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Turkey Vulture 71 30458 31538
Osprey 0 24 132
Bald Eagle 0 46 143
Northern Harrier 0 244 581
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 3488 9103
Cooper's Hawk 1 291 391
Northern Goshawk 0 4 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 182 183
Broad-winged Hawk 0 651 16133
Red-tailed Hawk 0 722 910
Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 0 336 1437
Merlin 0 28 101
Peregrine Falcon 1 22 47
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2
Unknown Buteo 0 9 12
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Mississippi Kite 0 0 1
Total: 79 36516 60728
Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 11:30:00
Total observation time: 4.25 hours
Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki
Observers:
Visitors:
Claude Radley stopped in around 11:15 to let me know of the oncoming rain
and Tornado warning/watches across the lake in Michigan and it was time to
go after that.
Weather:
Overcast with strong SE winds 18-20 km/hr and high of 17C.
Raptor Observations:
Very few raptors. Only a few Sharp-shins along with a small group of
Vultures that mostly glided back and forth along the lakeshore. An adult
Peregrine went by at 11:58 EST.
Non-raptor Observations:
Twenty-six (26) Tree Swallows passed heading E into the wind and
occassionally lingered to forage over the marsh; 2 N. Rough-winged Swallows
zipped by heading W as well. A few (30) Chickadees still moving along with
24 Horned Larks and 11 Blue Jays. Also Winter Wren and fly-by Dunlin.
Predictions:
Sunny with strong SW winds 20-25 km/hr and a high of 18C. Vultures should
be moving in the strong winds, but not many other raptors expected.
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Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki (Jmpawli88@aol.com)
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
http://hbmo.org/