HSR: Holiday Beach (08 Nov 2009) 113 Raptors

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Holiday Beach
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2009
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Turkey Vulture              28            640          43647
Osprey                       0              0             94
Bald Eagle                   2             11            160
Northern Harrier             0             33            622
Sharp-shinned Hawk           5             75           9595
Cooper's Hawk                3             52            862
Northern Goshawk             0              3             21
Red-shouldered Hawk          5             44            802
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0          18292
Red-tailed Hawk             67            552           4610
Rough-legged Hawk            0              6             11
Golden Eagle                 0             16             61
American Kestrel             0              5           1738
Merlin                       0              0            120
Peregrine Falcon             0              2            101
Unknown Accipiter            1              1              8
Unknown Buteo                2              3             14
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              1
Unknown Raptor               0              0              1
Swainson's Hawk              0              0              2

Total:                     113           1443          80762
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end   time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter:        Rene Kielbasa

Observers:        Bob Pettit

Visitors:
very good turn out of young famillies...future naturalistes.many complaints
of locked entry gate!!!
 welcome to larry ludwicki...future observer with hbmo.


Weather:
Early morning haze lifting resulting in indian summer day.Extreme lite
breeze initially southerly  then to south/south-easterly remainder of the
day.This resulted in a relatively slow raptor count event.

Raptor Observations:
Hot hour..high noon  to 13:00 hrs.
             ..   67 red-tails
             ..no falcons
             ..few accipiters
             .. fewer eagles

Non-raptor Observations:
       fair representation of waterfowls..including ruddy duck (2)
       song birds..pipits
                  ...e. bluebird
                  ...p.finch
                  ..a. goldfinch
                  ..h.lark
am.. crow
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Report submitted by Rene Kielbasa (renefkielbasa@...)
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
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