[Ontbirds]HSR: Beamer Conservation Area (14 Mar 2008) 11 Raptors

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Beamer Conservation Area
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2008
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               3             18             18
Osprey                       0              0              0
Bald Eagle                   0              4              4
Northern Harrier             0              1              1
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              1              1
Cooper's Hawk                1              1              2
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              1              1
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0
Red-tailed Hawk              4             39             40
Rough-legged Hawk            0              1              1
Golden Eagle                 0              1              1
American Kestrel             3              4              4
Merlin                       0              0              0
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0

Total:                      11             71             73
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Observation start time: 09:00:00 
Observation end   time: 17:00:00 
Total observation time: 8 hours

Official Counter:        Tom Thomas

Observers:        Brandon Holden, Tim King

Visitors:
 Shiela,Tom, Doug and Marlene from London Ont.

   Markus Lise from Newcastle Ont.
 
   Paul and Tina Summerskill from St Catherines.


Weather:
The weather today was quite mild, and temperatures ranged from 1 degree c
early on, up to a max of 9 degrees c at the end of the count period.
   There was 100% cloud cover for most of the day, and the wind coming out
of the west to south west was quite light and not condusive to a large
raptor movement. 

Raptor Observations:
There was not a significant flight of raptors today, but we thought things
were going to pick up when we counted five birds in the 3p.m.-4 p.m. time
slot.

Non-raptor Observations:
One of the first interesting birds of the day was a single Snow Goose
tagging along with a small flock of Canada Geese.Other birds seen
were...Great -blue Heron, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles,
Kildeer(7), Wood Duck (4),Northern Pintail (12) many American Robins and
Cedar Waxwings.
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Report submitted by Tom Thomas (tthomas at cogeco.ca)
Beamer Conservation Area, Grimsby, ON information may be found at:
http://www.hwcn.org/link/niaghawk/