Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3 56 56 Osprey 0 5 5 Bald Eagle 1 15 15 Northern Harrier 1 38 38 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 19 19 Cooper's Hawk 1 13 13 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 4 85 85 Red-tailed Hawk 2 28 28 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 29 29 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 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: 17 300 300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent Visitors: There were a few visitors to the Tower, and it was nice to see John today. Weather: Bright and breezy, with light wind from southwest. Pressure was quite high, falling slightly through the day. Clouds reducing from 30% to 15%. Raptor Observations: A quiet day for raptors. Most of those migrating were well north of our location. Broad-winged Hawks were fairly high. An American Kestrel and a Sharp-shinned Hawk flew rather lower and closer to the Hawk Tower. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines quieter and less active than on previous days, though we did have a later start to the count. It was very nice to see a Canada Warbler. The list is at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272310403 Predictions: Winds begin light from the south, increasing towards midday and afternoon, backing southeast later. We hope for more raptors, and some more warblers. ======================================================================== 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