Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2045 31204 Osprey 0 0 186 Bald Eagle 0 19 171 Northern Harrier 7 162 1235 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 141 12368 Cooper's Hawk 1 92 688 Northern Goshawk 0 0 12 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 171 471 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18400 Red-tailed Hawk 18 1944 3797 Rough-legged Hawk 0 12 16 Golden Eagle 0 24 53 American Kestrel 0 3 1611 Merlin 0 3 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 93 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 25 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Raptor 0 1 7 Total: 26 4625 70451 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 12:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy Weather: Temperatures from 4C - 6C, cloudy with light rain starting to fall around 11 a.m., light winds out of the SE, E or S. Raptor Observations: Wind conditions were not conducive to raptor movement although had 18 Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Two good birds in the last half hour with a Northern Shrike and a Bohemian Waxwing in a flock of about 40 Cedar Waxwings in the trees on the east side of the pond due east of the tower. Predictions: Mostly clear skies. High 4C, Winds NE at 15 to 24 km/h ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (tandjpepper@cogeco.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/