Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 850 2577 2577 Osprey 2 30 30 Bald Eagle 6 165 165 Northern Harrier 20 436 436 Sharp-shinned Hawk 530 4963 4963 Cooper's Hawk 11 127 127 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 143 40232 40232 Red-tailed Hawk 21 170 170 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 24 961 961 Merlin 1 87 87 Peregrine Falcon 1 41 41 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 1610 49791 49791 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Chad Cornish Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Chuck Sharbaugh, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Peter Veighey Visitors: Big thanks to Chad who led the count today. Ably assisted by Chuck, Mike, Peter, Bob, Hugh and Liz. Very grateful to Chris from Philadelphia who counted all the Bluejays for the day. It was nice to see Lou and Toni, Kyle and Steph, and Tom with his little sister. Weather: Beautiful day with blue sky. Wind moderate from the N switching to E in the last hour. Barometric pressure remained high throughout the day. Temperatures became very warm in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Turkey vultures took the top spot with 850, followed by Sharp-shinned Hawks at 530. Sharp-shinned hawks started with big numbers early. Turkey Vultures and Broad-winged Hawks came in small kettles together. The best bird of the day was an immature Golden Eagle right over the tower just after mid-day. Non-raptor Observations: Relatively quiet for songbirds and ducks remained at the far end of the marsh away from the hunters. American Pelicans are maintaining their numbers. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276543198 Predictions: Tomorrow’s forecast looks very similar to today including a moderate wind from the NE so hopefully we will have a similar mix of birds as today. ======================================================================== 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