Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 294 33020 36632 Osprey 0 19 76 Bald Eagle 1 86 309 Northern Harrier 1 146 365 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 1703 6214 Cooper's Hawk 0 243 495 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 112 130 Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 48629 Red-tailed Hawk 9 576 943 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 0 7 9 American Kestrel 0 240 1130 Merlin 2 22 82 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Gyrfalcon 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 7 Total: 318 36197 95069 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Dan Lumm Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Rene Kielbasa Visitors: Doug and Tammy Hall from Waterford Ontario visted today. Weather: SW winds from 30-40km/hr. Peak gust 55+ km/hr during 10:00 hour. Skies were cloudy throughout the day with light drizzle/sleet late morning. Temperature range from 6.5-9.4 C Raptor Observations: The day started out with our first of two Merlins. We ended up with 318 raptors of 6 species. Thanks to Bob Hall-Brooks, and Rene Kielbasa who helped with the count. Non-raptor Observations: Glossy Ibis, originally spotted by Todd Pepper yesterday, made a couple flights across the E end of the marsh. Red-winged Blackbird 200+, American Coot 75, Canada Goose 40, Double-crested Cormorant 35, Bonaparte's Gull 30, Mallard 18, Blue Jay 15, Ring-billed Gull 12, Mute Swan 8, Gadwall 7, Wood Duck 6, Killdeer 6, Pied-billed Grebe 5, Great Egret 5, Great Egret 5, Great Blue Heron 4, Green-winged Teal 3, Northern Shoveler 2, Tree Swallow 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 2, Northern Cardinal 2. Additional species included American Black Duck, Herring Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Dark-eyed Junco. Predictions: Mostly to variably cloudy skies with high temperature of 10 C. W winds at 10-15 km/hr. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dan Lumm (northerngoshawk@comcast.net) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/