Holiday Beach Migration Observatory Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1491 4072 4230 Osprey 1 8 77 Bald Eagle 2 17 57 Northern Harrier 40 132 455 Sharp-shinned Hawk 458 1984 5759 Cooper's Hawk 17 110 258 Northern Goshawk 1 6 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 15 16 Broad-winged Hawk 34 101 7936 Red-tailed Hawk 80 172 316 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 210 600 1889 Merlin 2 14 83 Peregrine Falcon 3 17 36 Unknown 1 3 11 Total: 2346 7253 21132 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff Observers: Bob Pettit, Dan Lumm, Dan Mennil, Martha Derbowka Visitors: Visitors for the day included John Mills and Reg Baker from Ann Arbor MI, as well as, Bob Petit's "Birding Class". Many thanks to the extra "spotters" on the tower. Special thanks go to Dan Lumm and Martha Derbowka who helped to count the numerous American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures respectively. Weather: Cloudy skies with northerly winds gusting to 18 mph filled the air with birds today. Temperatures hovered about 10 degrees C most of the day. October has arrived in full force! Raptor Observations: Northerly winds brought us 13 species of raptors today! We saw a strong showing of both Sharp-shinned, and American Kestrels. Broad-wings continue to move thru in ones and twos. Turkey Vultures continue from yesterdays strong showing as well. Non-raptor Observations: Birds of note in no particular order: Great Blue Herons, flying high (migrating through) 8, Blue Jays continue with 1900, Red-winged Blackbirds 310, American Goldfinch 130. Two Sandhill Cranes moved thru very high. Also seen today, Canada Geese, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Chimney Swift, and Dark-eyed Juncos. Tree Swallows were moving through in large groups constantly throughout the day--estimate 1000. Predictions: Tomorrow's weather promises to bring some sunshine and continued northerly winds. Looks like it will be another great day on the tower! ======================================================================== Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff (akahawklady1@aol.com) Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at: http://hbmo.org/