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Route	Oxford/Elgin/Middlesex (1271)
Location	Ontario, Canada
Survey date	2024-12-22
Survey ID	2006

Survey Conditions

Survey Date: 2024-12-22	Start Time: 08:30:00	End Time: 13:40:00
Temperature	-14 (C)	-11 (C)
Cloud Cover	50 (%)	50 (%)
Visibility	3 (km)	3 (km)
Precipitation	0: None	0: None
Wind Speed	3: 12-19 km/h (8-12 mph)	2: 6-11 km/h (4-7 mph)
Wind Direction	ENE	ESE
Water	Frozen	Frozen
Snow Depth	2 (in)	2 (in)
Observer 1	Chad Cornish
Observer 2	Kim Cornish
Observer 3
Observer 4
Notes	A frigid but highly successful raptor survey. New highs in both numbers of birds and total species. Non-raptor highlights included a pair of Common Ravens perched together, and 232 Sandhill Cranes calling and flying west along the Lake Erie shoreline. A big thank you to my wife/copilot/observer/notekeeper Kim.

Survey Sightings

Species	Time	Count	Behavior	Morph	Age	Sex	Habitat
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	08:55:00	1	Perched	Light			•stubble agriculture•forested

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:00:00	1	Perched	Light			•forested•stubble agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	09:10:00	1	Perched	Light			•fallow agriculture•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:15:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•green agriculture•forested•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:20:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•stubble agriculture•forested•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:30:00	2	Flying	Light	Adult		•green agriculture•roadsides•forested

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:35:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•green agriculture•forested

BE (Bald Eagle)	09:45:00	1	Perched		Adult		•fallow agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	09:45:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•fallow agriculture•forested

BE (Bald Eagle)	10:30:00	2	Perched		Adult		•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	10:45:00	1	Flying	Light			•dirt agriculture

BE (Bald Eagle)	10:50:00	1	Soaring		Immature		•stubble agriculture

BE (Bald Eagle)	11:00:00	1	Perched		Immature		•forested

BE (Bald Eagle)	11:05:00	1	Perched		Adult		•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian•green agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:05:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•stubble agriculture•forested•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:10:00	2	Perched	Light	Adult		•fallow agriculture•roadsides

BE (Bald Eagle)	11:15:00	1	Perched		Adult		•forested•fallow agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:20:00	1	Perched	Light			•green agriculture•forested

AK (American Kestrel)	11:25:00	1	Perched			Male	•roadsides•dirt agriculture

CH (Cooper's Hawk)	11:50:00	1	Perched		Adult		•forested•stubble agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:55:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•fallow agriculture•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:05:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•forested•stubble agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:10:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•fallow agriculture•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:20:00	1	Perched	Light			•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian•forested

CH (Cooper's Hawk)	12:30:00	1	Flying				•roadsides•dirt agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:35:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

AK (American Kestrel)	12:50:00	1	Perched			Male	•green agriculture•roadsides

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:50:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•green agriculture•roadsides

BE (Bald Eagle)	13:10:00	1	Soaring		Adult		•green agriculture•roadsides

BE (Bald Eagle)	13:20:00	1	Perched		Adult		•wetland/pond/marsh/riparian

PG (Peregrine Falcon)	13:25:00	1	Perched		Adult		•developed•roadsides

Survey totals by species

Species	Total Count
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	18
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	2
BE (Bald Eagle)	9
AK (American Kestrel)	2
CH (Cooper's Hawk)	2
PG (Peregrine Falcon)	1
Total	34