Holiday Beach Conservation Area Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 205 1472 4323 Osprey 0 1 58 Bald Eagle 0 1 93 Northern Harrier 2 20 180 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 127 2555 Cooper's Hawk 2 10 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 14 5347 Red-tailed Hawk 0 23 169 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 10 738 Merlin 0 0 32 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 235 1682 13594 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens Observers: Kory Renaud, Urban Lundburg Visitors: ERCA brought up a grade 5 and 5 class today. Additionally an Ottawa couple hoping for some Pelicans. Weather: Southerly winds throughout the day. Raptor Observations: A fairly long day today with only 30 non-TV raptors, and just 205 TVs. Non-raptor Observations: Another 6 Am. White Pelicans were around for a couple hours again today. 4490 Blue Jays were counted migrating and 350 Tree Swallows were estimated foraging over the marsh. Full eBird checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39541871 Just a couple more Monarchs today, along with Black Saddlebags and Autumn Meadowhawks. Predictions: Fairly strong southwesterly winds tomorrow, with rain likely to start mid-late morning. ======================================================================== 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