Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 20 1564 48292 Osprey 0 0 53 Bald Eagle 0 31 267 Northern Harrier 0 51 454 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 115 7739 Cooper's Hawk 2 18 304 Northern Goshawk 0 3 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 88 391 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36348 Red-tailed Hawk 32 748 2107 Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 19 Golden Eagle 0 30 56 American Kestrel 0 4 1023 Merlin 0 3 72 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 48 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 23 Unknown Buteo 0 19 219 Unknown Eagle 0 2 4 Unknown Falcon 0 1 7 Unknown Raptor 1 1 47 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 60 2694 97484 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jenna McDermott Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks Visitors: A few visitors enjoyed the good weather on the tower; 3 people from Toronto, a fellow with his dog, and John Balga. Weather: Winds came from the S, SSE and ESE, going up to 9km/h. It was a beautiful fall day with partial cloud cover and temperatures ranged between 7.2 and 11.1C Raptor Observations: Red-tailed Hawks were the most abundant species today with 32. All the birds seemed in a large hurry, flying continuously across the marsh, even the Turkey Vultures. Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks were also seen today. A Turkey Vulture with a wing tag was quite the sight to see! Non-raptor Observations: Most of the passerine movement was in the morning. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet with a lovely prominent red crown spent some time in the trees around the tower. 5 Tree Swallows were still seen over the marsh. No Great Egrets were seen today, but the rest of the ducks were feeding as usual, including 3 Buffleheads that couldn't seem to find a good place to rest; they flew around the marsh in circles multiple times. See today's eBird list http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S20507503 Predictions: A warmer day, going up to 15C with some rain showers in the afternoon and winds from the south. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jenna McDermott (jmcdermo@alumni.uoguelph.ca) Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/