Holiday Beach Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 191 229 229 Osprey 2 26 26 Bald Eagle 16 42 42 Northern Harrier 26 75 75 Sharp-shinned Hawk 675 2012 2012 Cooper's Hawk 10 52 52 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1568 8930 8930 Red-tailed Hawk 41 93 93 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 233 400 400 Merlin 4 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 9 15 15 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 2775 11894 11894 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:45:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9.25 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Dan Lumm, Karen Padbury, Olga Klekner, Steve Winiarski, Will Weber Visitors: The Hawk Festival brought many visitors today...at times the tower was loaded to maximum capacity on the top level. I was happy to meet up with old friends, and made a few new ones. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE HELP SPOTTING THE BIRDS TODAY!! Weather: Morning haze with total cloud cover. Northerly winds lasted all day, and by the 9 o'clock hour the skies cleared and we had very few clouds. A beautiful day for the last day of summer, but the sunshine drove the birds VERY high quite early today. Raptor Observations: A great raptor day with 11 species including large numbers of Broad Winged hawks, Sharp Shinned hawks, and American Kestrels. We had a unusual number of Peregrine Falcons today with 9 counted. Our resident Bald Eagles put on a day long show for guests, along with the Osprey who has been hanging out for the last week. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays and American Gold Finch were on the move today in groups of 20 to 50 birds. Blue Jays number about 1000 for the day, Gold Finch about 300 - 400. Also sighted were 2 Caspian Terns, one early, and one in the last hour of the count. We also had: Chimney Swifts, Norther Flicker, Red Headed Woodpecker, Tree Swallows. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawklady1@aol.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/