Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 27 64 64 Osprey 2 23 23 Bald Eagle 0 19 19 Northern Harrier 5 44 44 Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 380 380 Cooper's Hawk 2 20 20 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 276 1038 1038 Red-tailed Hawk 6 37 37 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 41 216 216 Merlin 1 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 418 1860 1860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Cindy Isenhoff, Claude Radley, Jason Craft, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud Visitors: Brenda and Keith from Ridgetown were back for their 2nd visit. Weather: Clear, sunny skies; temperature between 14 and 24.6C; light winds all day out of the north until 12 EST and then switching to out of the south-west. Raptor Observations: 418 birds of 10 species, the majority being Broad-wings, Sharpies and Kestrels. When the wind shifted to the south-west it essentially shut down migration except for the occasional Sharpie or Kestrel. Non-raptor Observations: American Goldfinch - 88 Cedar Waxwings - 48 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 9 White-rumped Sandpiper - 2 Solitary Sandpiper. Three Green Herons continue to be very visible in the pond to the south-east of the hawk tower. Today may have been the last chance to see the American White Pelicans. Predictions: Another clear and sunny day with temperatures from 14 - 26C. Going to be hot! Winds out of the south-west 15 - 20 km/hr. Certainly not the best conditions for raptor migration. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_todd@yahoo.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/