Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 561 1511 2100 Osprey 4 32 166 Bald Eagle 9 27 130 Northern Harrier 20 132 679 Sharp-shinned Hawk 276 1025 8348 Cooper's Hawk 13 94 373 Northern Goshawk 0 2 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 2 Broad-winged Hawk 2 3 18387 Red-tailed Hawk 25 71 312 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 184 244 1349 Merlin 0 16 88 Peregrine Falcon 0 38 67 Unknown 3 15 Total: 1094 3199 32022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:15:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Claude Radley Observers: Don Wiens, Janina Radley, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury Visitors: The Christels visted on thir annual pilgrimage from Columbus, Ohio as did a few locals. Weather: Mainly sunny early with increasing cloudiness late in the morning and overcast in the afternoon. Moderate West winds and cool with temps 9-13C. Raptor Observations: A good run of Kestrel and Sharp-shinned today with a smattering of Harriers, Red-tailed and Bald Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: 1800 Blue Jays and more than 500 Tree Swallows dominated the passerine movement. Some of the other birds observed included the usual dabbling ducks, 5 Common Snipe, Killdeer, B-C Chickadees, Goldfinches, Chimney Swifts and White-throated Sparrows. Predictions: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers all day. Winds variable from SSE-W in the morning becoming Northerly in the afternoon. Temps from 8 to 12 C. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Claude Radley (ca@radley.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/