Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1873 33693 Osprey 0 2 204 Bald Eagle 2 18 199 Northern Harrier 1 127 938 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 112 13071 Cooper's Hawk 2 194 1062 Northern Goshawk 0 11 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 347 503 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 43431 Red-tailed Hawk 5 2391 3336 Rough-legged Hawk 0 16 28 Golden Eagle 0 72 112 American Kestrel 0 15 4874 Merlin 0 8 137 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 80 Unknown Accipiter 0 15 65 Unknown Buteo 0 23 52 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 6 Unknown Raptor 0 0 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 10 5231 101824 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Chris Craft, Cindy Cartwright, Dennis Patrick, John Craft, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: Dorothy McCleer, Claude Radley, Bob Petitt Weather: A beautiful day for the end of November: 8 - 13 degrees Celcius; winds out of south at 6 - 15 km/hr; mostly cloudly. Raptor Observations: 10 birds of 4 species Non-raptor Observations: Little other migration: 300 mixed blackbirds, mostly starlings with a few grackles and red-winged blackbirds; 35 American Goldfinch; 12 Pine Siskin; 2 Northern Cardinal; 5 Downy Woodpecker; 3 Northern Flicker. Predictions: Warm, winds out of south, rain in a.m. and clearing in p.m. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (pepper_todd@yahoo.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/