Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 645 1572 1572 Osprey 0 25 25 Bald Eagle 29 159 159 Northern Harrier 30 395 395 Sharp-shinned Hawk 233 4277 4277 Cooper's Hawk 7 113 113 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 53 40076 40076 Red-tailed Hawk 50 144 144 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 82 919 919 Merlin 3 85 85 Peregrine Falcon 9 40 40 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: 1141 47806 47806 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Olga Klekner Visitors: Big thanks to Paul for taking Official Counter duties today and for Mike, Olga, Hugh and Liz who helped spot the very high raptors and of course count the Blue Jays! It was good to meet Jeff and Robin and Sheila who took a great interest in the hawk watch. Weather: A moderate wind from the north for most of the day, only changing to south in the last hour. Clear skies all day, with temperature gradually rising to an uncomfortable 30c on the tower. Raptor Observations: North winds paid off today with numbers increasing across the board. Majority of birds passed very high. Turkey Vultures (645) are starting to move and dislodged Sharp-shinned Hawks (233) from the top spot. A good number of Peregrine Falcons (9) were seen today. Red-tailed Hawks (50) were in the Turkey Vulture kettles, together with Broad-winged Hawks (53) Non-raptor Observations: The ducks have disappeared! Maybe something to do with the start of the hunting season. Blue Jays excelled themselves today with a season's best (so far) of 75,960. Quiet on the songbird front, with the exception of American Goldfinches (490). The list is at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276152653 Predictions: Tomorrow is similar to today with a moderate wind from the north until midday when it moves SE. Clear skies and high temperatures - when will it end! So probably a similar mix to today but maybe not the numbers. ======================================================================== 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