Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2121 5778 8629 Osprey 5 12 69 Bald Eagle 10 19 111 Northern Harrier 34 84 244 Sharp-shinned Hawk 447 856 3284 Cooper's Hawk 15 40 101 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 9 14 Broad-winged Hawk 9 26 5359 Red-tailed Hawk 108 171 317 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 121 163 891 Merlin 3 6 38 Peregrine Falcon 3 29 39 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 2 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 Total: 2881 7199 19111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki, Michael Williamson Visitors: All observers happy with the relatively low flight in the afternoon. Thank you to all the help! Weather: A great day on the tower today with good north winds and lots of clouds! Raptor Observations: Despite the fact that I got stung by a wasp, it was still a stellar day!! 2881 Raptors total! An excellent flight of Turkey Vultures with 2121; almost 500 went by the tower really low between 4-4:30 local time, and many others in the hours previous were quite low as well. Also had really good flights of Sharpies (447) and Red-tails (108), along with smaller but still good counts of Harriers (34), and Kestrels (121). The Kestrel flight was mostly the last two hours of the count. The highlight of the day came at 3:35 (local time), and cause a bit of brief confusion.. a Dark Morph "Western" Red-tailed Hawk came by the tower real low and slow for some careful observation. It was a beautiful adult bird. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of non-raptor movement today! Highlights include 87 Killdeer, 9 Chimney Swifts, 4200 Blue Jays, 221 Am. Robins, 49 Am. Pipits, 123 Cedar Waxwings, and 7 Pine Siskins. This was the first significant movement of Am. Robins, Am. Pipits, and Cedar Waxwings so far this year. Full eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39818583 Only 4 Monarchs were counted today, as well as a few Darners migrating. Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be....a wash out Rain predicted until the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens (seanjenniskens@hotmail.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