Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 447 447 Osprey 0 71 71 Bald Eagle 0 85 85 Northern Harrier 2 291 291 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 4325 4325 Cooper's Hawk 0 149 149 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17951 17951 Red-tailed Hawk 0 170 170 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 912 912 Merlin 3 54 54 Peregrine Falcon 1 23 23 Unknown Accipiter 0 6 6 Unknown Buteo 0 6 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 60 24497 24497 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Justin Bosler Observers: Bob Pettit, Rene Kielbasa, Sarah Rupert Visitors: A small showing of visitors for the final day of the Festival of Hawks. One inquisitive Scout group stopped by. Among the visitors were the following regulars; Rene Kielbasa, Bob Pettit, Sarah Rupert, and Karen Padbury. Weather: Overcast and hazy skies with light Southeast to Southwest winds at 1 to 3 mph. A light sprinkle around 1400 EST was the extent of the precipitation. Temps. ranged from 17.5 to 21.5C. Visibility reduced to less than 10 km by persistent haze. Raptor Observations: Not much of a flight today with lousy flying conditions. Non-raptor Observations: 12 species of waterfowl, Common Loon- 1 (FOF), Black-crowned Night-heron- 7, Bald Eagle- 9 apparent locals (2 ad., 7 imm.), Shorebirds included Killdeer(16), Lesser Yellowlegs(3), Solitary Sandpiper(1-2), and and Wilson's Snipe(1). Chimney Swift- 10, Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 2, Eastern Wood-Pewee- 2, Eastern Phoebe- 3, Blue Jay- 9,625, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 1, Gray-cheeked Thrush- 1, A nice variety of vireos with the following 4 species noted: Blue-headed Vireo- 3, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO- 1, Philadelphia Vireo- 1, Red-eyed Vireo- 4, American Pipit- 2, Cedar Waxwing- 37, Minimal flight of warblers with a small foraging flock hanging around most of the day. About 11 species in total. American Goldfinch- 315, Other: Monarch- 40, few dragonflies today. Predictions: Partly to mostly cloudy skies with Southwest winds at 5 to 10 mph. High of 22C. Chance of rain showers around 30%. Undoubtedly better migration conditions than today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Justin Bosler (justin.bosler@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/