Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 647 647 Osprey 0 40 40 Bald Eagle 0 54 54 Northern Harrier 5 117 117 Sharp-shinned Hawk 150 1821 1821 Cooper's Hawk 0 44 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 5 5 Broad-winged Hawk 18 4481 4481 Red-tailed Hawk 0 83 83 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 290 290 Merlin 0 29 29 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 180 7624 7624 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Visitors: No visitors to the tower today. Weather: A beautiful morning, with many clouds and a nice breeze (though the direction was not idea). South and southwesterly winds throughout the day, which moved the clouds out by 11am. The afternoon was yet again, very hot. Raptor Observations: There were 180 raptors counted migrating today, the majority (150) being Sharpies. Of note, was yet another adult male Northern Harrier. Non-raptor Observations: A flock of 14 Am. Golden-Plovers was observed flying over the tower today. 4450 Blue Jays were counted, over 90% of which occurred before noon-hour. For the full eBird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39408349 Only 12 Monarchs were counted today. Predictions: Northwest winds predicted all day tomorrow, with a smattering of clouds in the sky. Could potentially be a decent flight. ======================================================================== 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