Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1689 48417 Osprey 0 2 55 Bald Eagle 0 44 280 Northern Harrier 8 93 496 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 144 7768 Cooper's Hawk 0 30 316 Northern Goshawk 0 3 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 98 401 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 16 981 2340 Rough-legged Hawk 1 15 21 Golden Eagle 1 43 69 American Kestrel 0 6 1025 Merlin 0 5 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 20 220 Unknown Eagle 0 3 5 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 0 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 26 3185 97975 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Jim McCoy, Larry Ludwicki Weather: Strong winds continued again today from the SW with temperatures between -4C and -2C. Raptor Observations: There was a decent flight today compared to the last little while, 26 birds! Northern Harriers and Red-tailed Hawks made up most of the numbers, with one light Rough-legged Hawk and one Golden Eagle to round things out. The resident Bald Eagles are still hanging around, today they seemed to be having a grand old time playing around one small section of open water on the far side of the marsh. Non-raptor Observations: A few more passerines migrated today as well, including American Crows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, American Goldfinches and European Starlings. 2 American Pipits hung around the tower again for the day and Tundra Swans flew high overhead. Right at the end of the day, 9 Great Blue Herons all of a sudden appeared together, flying, in the middle of the marsh, headed east. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20619918 Predictions: Another cold day, from -9 to -3C with winds at 20km/h from the west. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcdermo@alumni.uoguelph.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/