Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 31 225 225 Osprey 3 11 11 Bald Eagle 5 24 24 Northern Harrier 4 25 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk 109 153 153 Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 531 1128 1128 Red-tailed Hawk 12 42 42 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 36 36 Merlin 3 11 11 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 700 1661 1661 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Cartwright Observers: Jim McCoy Visitors: Quite a few visitors came up on the tower for the 2nd day of our hawk festival. Weather: The day started well with light N winds and a small amount of cloud cover. Toward noon the wind shifted to the E ending the BW flight. Raptor Observations: A nice variety with 9 species today. Non-raptor Observations: Visit http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39117239 for the list of non-raptors noted. 'x' denotes species with large numbers present on the marsh. Predictions: More N winds to start the day switching to the E again in the afternoon. Looks like a good morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Cartwright (pom@bmts.com) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100