Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 49 49 Osprey 0 4 4 Bald Eagle 0 5 5 Northern Harrier 1 19 19 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 63 63 Red-tailed Hawk 1 18 18 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 23 23 Merlin 2 5 5 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 3 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 7 197 197 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: Thanks to Liz for helping out and it was good to see Lou and Jim on the tower braving the high wind. Weather: Very strong wind from the SW, increasing during the morning. Temperature a comfortable 18 degC, overcast initially, gradually clearing. Raptor Observations: Very few flying today, only the ones who like the strong wind such as the Falcons and the Harriers. Non-raptor Observations: Great to see American Pelican (13) flying west over the marsh, new for the season together with American Crow. Otherwise the strong wind limited list diversity. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S271631265 Predictions: Lower windspeed tomorrow, with wind from the west. Cloudy with a reasonably comfortable temperature of around 18 degC. Hopefully the calmer conditions will encourage more to fly. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@gmail.com) Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://hbmo.ca/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100