Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 2313 38148 Osprey 0 2 135 Bald Eagle 0 22 169 Northern Harrier 0 108 741 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 113 9436 Cooper's Hawk 0 166 578 Northern Goshawk 0 2 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 305 506 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 16133 Red-tailed Hawk 4 2966 4088 Rough-legged Hawk 0 44 47 Golden Eagle 0 78 86 American Kestrel 0 0 1445 Merlin 0 9 128 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 50 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 0 1 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Total: 4 6129 71715 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Jim Pawlicki Observers: Visitors: Jim McCoy and Len Jones stopped in briefly around noon. Weather: Partly cloudy and cold (high of -2C) with strong SW winds 22-24 km/hr with gusts to 30. Raptor Observations: Only 4 Red-tails, all of which were moving the right direction (west and slowly), although 1 or 2 may have been locals. Non-raptor Observations: Very few birds other than gulls or ducks flying around in the cold temps and high winds. Only birds really of note were 18 Bonaparte's Gulls, 10 Horned Larks, and 4 Am. Goldfinches, all moving west. Predictions: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of snow flurries. Wind W 30 km/hr becoming light early in the afternoon with a high of 4C. Should be a few more raptors on the move once the wind calms down, although difficult to say. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jim Pawlicki (Jmpawli88@aol.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/