Holiday Beach Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3208 8728 9983 Osprey 3 10 82 Bald Eagle 5 25 117 Northern Harrier 10 47 382 Sharp-shinned Hawk 339 1513 6675 Cooper's Hawk 22 139 323 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 8 13 Broad-winged Hawk 1 85 18257 Red-tailed Hawk 26 70 292 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 3 3 4 American Kestrel 115 308 1328 Merlin 11 33 96 Peregrine Falcon 9 35 69 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 6 Unknown Buteo 0 1 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Total: 3755 11005 37638 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Todd Pepper Observers: Bob Pettit, Chuck Sharbaugh, Jim McCoy, John Winebrenner, Justin Bosler, Lisa Silvey, Sarah Rupert Visitors: Many visitors today from Ontario, Michigan and Indiana including: Dennis & Gwen Patrick from the Peregrine Foundation; annual visitors Larry, Lisa and John from Fort Wayne, Indiana; Anne Smith and Jackie Copland from Flat Rock, MI; John & Chris Craft from MI; and various families and other interested persons throughout the day. Weather: Clear skies, moderate north-west to south-west winds, temperature from 7.4 to 14.8 degrees. Raptor Observations: A good Turkey vulture day with over 3,200 birds, and a good falcon day. Also a steady movements of Sharp-shinned. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of species on the move today, a good sign for tomorrow's "Big Sit". Notable were 50 Killdeer, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Chimney Swift, 3 species of Swallow, almost 10,000 Blue Jay and over 850 American Goldfinch. Predictions: Mostly clear skies with west winds up to 15 km/hr and temperatures from 2 - 9 degrees. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Todd Pepper (tandjpepper@cogeco.ca) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/