Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 8 8 Osprey 0 11 11 Bald Eagle 0 6 6 Northern Harrier 0 72 72 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 10 10 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 9 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 14 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 55 55 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 11 188 188 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 10:30:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Betty Learmouth Observers: Bob Sandford, Paul Pratt Visitors: Visitors included the Ojibway Nature Centre's birding group and two visitors from Southhampton, England who were enjoying a two week visit in Canada. Weather: Sunny with light winds from the South South West with temperatures of 29 degrees by late morning. Raptor Observations: A few American Kestrels and Sharp-shinned Hawks were seen passing the tower between 8:00 a.m and 9:00 a.m. EST. Non-raptor Observations: The Ojibway Nature Centre's weekday birding class was on the tower between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to hear the calls of dozens of Sora Rails (as estimated by Paul Pratt) as the marsh offers lots of cover this fall with one Sora seen close to the tower. Other sightings included 2 Solitary Sandpipers, numerous ducks including Blue-winged and Green Teal, American Widgeon, Wood Duck, Mallards and American Black Ducks. A flock of 14 Bobolinks flew by the tower along with numerous swallows including Purple Martin, Tree Swallow and Rough-winged Swallow. A single American Avocet was seen in Big Creek Marsh. Three Northern Harriers hunted back and forth over the marsh and two local Bald Eagles were noted. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Betty Learmouth (bettlear@wincom.net) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/