Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 19 344 344 Osprey 0 59 59 Bald Eagle 1 74 74 Northern Harrier 5 166 166 Sharp-shinned Hawk 187 2086 2086 Cooper's Hawk 0 82 82 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 3 4991 4991 Red-tailed Hawk 4 105 105 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 4 635 635 Merlin 4 42 42 Peregrine Falcon 3 21 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 230 8613 8613 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Bob Pettit Observers: Chuck Sharbaugh, Claude Radley, Jeremy Hatt, Jim McCoy, Karen Padbury, Kory Renaud, Todd Pepper Visitors: About 15 people visited us today and enjoyed the migration. Weather: Fog-Hazy stayed all day obscuring the sky. There were spots of blue but they were NOT crystal clear blue. The sun shown through a couple of times as a bright disk then was obscured by cloudy fog. Reports from visitors indicated that the sky was clear 15 km to the east of pour location. Barometer was steady at 29.9 in Hg. Temperature started at 17.9C an got to 23.3C by 1100 EST and then began to decrease to 20.8 C at 1300 EST. Winds were South the entire time. Rain came at 1400 EST and we closed the watch. At this time winds shifted to the NORTH. Raptor Observations: A good day. A steady flow of Sharp-shinned Hawks. Nice views of Peregrine Falcons. Non-raptor Observations: Steady flow of Blue Jays. Mute Swan-20, Mallard-30, Blue-winged Teal-26, Dubl-crested Corm-7, Great Blue Heron-3, Great Egret-2, Green Heron-2, Sora-17, Common Gallinule-1, Am Golden-Plover-14, Killdeer-3, Wilson’s Snipe-4, Ring-billed Gull-3, Tern Species-1, Mourning Dove-3, Common Nighthawk-3, Chimney Swift-3, R-throated Hummingbird-4, Belted Kingfisher-2, Red-bellied Woodpecker-1, Downy Woodpecker-1, Hairy Woodpecker-2, Northern Flicker-1, Blue Jay-16,373, American Crow-6, Tree Swallow-50, Barn Swallow-1, Swallow Species-75, R.-breasted Nuthatch-1, Carolina Wren-1, American Robin-12, European Starling-751, Cedar Waxwing-55, Yellow-rumped War-1, Bobolink-2, R.-winged Blackbird-1, House Finch-15, American Goldfinch-747, Black Saddlebags-9, Com Green Darner-2, Monarch Butterfly-34. Predictions: Partly cloudy. High of 66F. Winds from the NE at 5 to 10 mph. I expect this to be a very good day if the wind holds direction. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bob Pettit (redknot@earthlink.net) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/