Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 453 6600 7020 Osprey 2 10 44 Bald Eagle 0 11 71 Northern Harrier 6 33 122 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 491 2975 Cooper's Hawk 4 32 102 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 8951 Red-tailed Hawk 44 95 205 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 64 551 Merlin 0 4 23 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 23 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 571 7351 20095 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Claude Radley Weather: Wind shift from North to the South 10-11 hour and this created an onshore breeze of less than 4 mph and the birds (mostly TVs and SSs used the northerly route to migrate on. Barometer was steady 30.40 in Hg and temperature ranged from 13.5C to 18.3 C. Raptor Observations: Mostly vultures and sharpies but they moved north and difficult to see without constant scanning to pick them up. Non-raptor Observations: Approximately 25,000 Blue Jays. Catbird, red-breasted Nuthatch, Bluebird, Goldfinch (most abundant), tree swallow, downey woodpecker, several small groups of red-wings, usual ducks, swans, and coots,. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit (redknot@earthlink.net) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/