Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2818 45940 Osprey 0 0 68 Bald Eagle 0 37 297 Northern Harrier 0 110 636 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 127 7789 Cooper's Hawk 2 117 519 Northern Goshawk 0 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 265 562 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6115 Red-tailed Hawk 4 2247 4484 Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 22 Golden Eagle 0 40 58 American Kestrel 0 4 1207 Merlin 0 6 126 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 45 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 8 Unknown Buteo 0 38 63 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 6 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 6 5831 67955 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Weather: A nice blue sky, then a very grey sky...no in between. Westerly winds all day. Raptor Observations: Interestingly, we had 2 raptors ever other hour, each "pair" within 5 minutes of each other. 2 Cooper's Hawks first, then two "pairs" of Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Many unidentified Aythya ducks out on the lake. 136 Horned Larks migrated over, as well as 2 each of American Pipit, Lapland Longspur, and Snow Bunting. 186 American Goldfinches also migrated over. For the full eBird checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32769567 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjenniskens@hotmail.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/