Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 116 116 Osprey 2 26 26 Bald Eagle 0 69 69 Northern Harrier 3 66 66 Sharp-shinned Hawk 122 860 860 Cooper's Hawk 18 63 63 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 169 169 Red-tailed Hawk 0 84 84 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 203 203 Merlin 2 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 160 1677 1677 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Visitors: Tom & Donna Sullivan from Boston stopped by for 4 hours today. They had planned a 1 day visit to go birding at Point Pelee and were now on their 4th day in the area! Malcom McLaren from Chatham came by in the afternoon hoping to photograph some hawks, but things had slowed down by then. Weather: A hot, humid day with temperatures ranging from 24 - 29C. The south-west wind of 4 - 5 km/hr coming in off the lake helped keep it a little cooler than the 35C experienced further inland. Skies were clear and the barometric pressure was steady in the 29.93 in/hg range. Raptor Observations: A half decent flight of Sharp-shinned Hawk with 122 birds out of the total of 160 for the day. Cooper's Hawk numbers were up today at 18 birds. Non-raptor Observations: A steady stream of Cedar Waxwings (454) were observed today. Other birds of interested included: Wilson's Snipe - 1; Chimney Swift - 42; Red-headed Woodpecker - 1; House Finch - 52; and, American Goldfinch - 56. Monarch Butterfly - 8. Predictions: Going to be hot and humid again with temperatures similar to today, and wind out of the south-west again up to 20 km/hr. There is a risk of thunderstorms in the late afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_todd@yahoo.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/