Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1 7939 56059 Osprey 0 1 77 Bald Eagle 2 86 242 Northern Harrier 1 65 489 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 495 5350 Cooper's Hawk 2 83 266 Northern Goshawk 0 4 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 679 812 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5366 Red-tailed Hawk 6 2394 3373 Rough-legged Hawk 0 21 38 Golden Eagle 0 74 86 American Kestrel 0 4 1371 Merlin 0 6 76 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 57 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 7 Unknown Buteo 0 3 20 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 11 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 12 11865 73708 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy Visitors: Jim and Bob each came up, both greeted with a lack of birds. Weather: Strong southerly winds throughout the day. Mix of sun and clouds in the morning, switching to full cloud in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Slow day; only one vulture! A younng Peregrine made a few rounds of the marsh today, though it did not appear to migrate. Non-raptor Observations: A whopping total of 3430 Ring-necked Ducks were estimated by 10s. Crazy to witness such a flock when they were half in the sky! A late American Golden-Plover was observed flying over the marsh today, and a total of 1383 Horned Larks were counted migrating by. Full eBird checklist can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40653623?share=true Predictions: Mostly sunny skies with moderate northwesterly winds. ======================================================================== 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