Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 4106 38329 41180 Osprey 0 19 76 Bald Eagle 8 51 143 Northern Harrier 13 239 399 Sharp-shinned Hawk 106 2153 4581 Cooper's Hawk 14 91 152 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 28 89 94 Broad-winged Hawk 0 32 5365 Red-tailed Hawk 191 624 770 Rough-legged Hawk 3 9 9 Golden Eagle 4 8 8 American Kestrel 15 619 1347 Merlin 0 27 59 Peregrine Falcon 0 37 47 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 1 10 16 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 7 9 Short-eared Owl 1 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 4490 42349 54261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Dave Martin, Ian Woodfield, Jeanice Seals, Linda Wladarski, Michael Williamson, Phyllis Coble Visitors: A few of the regulars to the tower today, a thank you to all who helped out! Weather: The first couple hours of count was a nice light northwest, but it soon switched to west and finally southwest by around noon. Mostly clear skies, but just enough cloud to help with spotted birds. Raptor Observations: An excellent day on the tower today. A total of 4490 birds counted of 11 species. Highlights of the day included a Short-eared Owl flying over the tower upon arrival, 3 light morph Roughies, and 4 Golden Eagles (2 adults, 2 immatures). Additionally, good flights of Turkey Vultures (4106), Sharpies (106), and Red-tails (191). Another note: the local Osprey still seems to be hanging around!! Non-raptor Observations: A total of 960 Blue Jays were counted today (seems they are starting to dwindle), along with our first big push of American Crows with 2520 being counted. There are still a good number of Tree Swallows hanging around, and a late Barn Swallow was observed as well. 60 Horned Larks, the first 4 Eastern Bluebirds of the year, 30 American Robins, 52 Cedar Waxwings, 37 Pine Siskins, and 44 American Goldfinches were all counted migrating today. Additionally, over 5000 Red-winged Blackbirds, and nearly 300 Rusty Blackbirds were counted migrating as well. Full eBird checklist located here: https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40137195 A dozen more late Monarchs were observed today! Predictions: Moderately strong south and southwest winds tomorrow, with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjenniskens@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100