Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2168 31327 Osprey 0 0 186 Bald Eagle 0 21 173 Northern Harrier 1 185 1258 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 150 12377 Cooper's Hawk 0 131 727 Northern Goshawk 0 4 16 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 205 505 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18400 Red-tailed Hawk 2 4482 6335 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 20 Golden Eagle 0 50 79 American Kestrel 0 3 1611 Merlin 0 3 107 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 94 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 4 Unknown Buteo 0 12 37 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 4 Unknown Raptor 0 1 7 Total: 3 7441 73267 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jack Boxer Observers: Visitors: No visitors braved the weather to come to the tower today. Weather: It was a soggy wet day at the tower. Began with fog and drizzle, then turned into rain, which persisted. Temps today ranged from 3.9C to 4.3C. Wind direction varied from NNE to SE. Raptor Observations: Today's birds were counted on one hand: 2 Red-tails, and 1 Northern Harrier. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tonight's forecast is variably cloudy with a low of 1C expected. Tuesday is expected to be partly cloudy, with the POP at 20%, and a high of 0 in the afternoon. Winds to be westerly. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jack Boxer () Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/