Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 58 114 114 Osprey 2 5 5 Bald Eagle 21 65 65 Northern Harrier 22 109 109 Sharp-shinned Hawk 182 186 186 Cooper's Hawk 6 12 12 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 544 545 545 Red-tailed Hawk 67 88 88 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 117 246 247 Merlin 2 14 16 Peregrine Falcon 1 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: 1022 1387 1390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Hugh Kent, Jaron Wilkinson, Larry Ludwicki, Liz Kent, Michael St. Pierre, Mike Jaber Visitors: Big thanks to Mike J, Jaron, Larry, Hugh, Liz and Mike StP for some good spotting of the many raptors seen today. Good to see Lou, Toni and Jim again on the Tower. Thanks to Toni for adopting a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Also good to see Olga, Roland and Nurlan on the Tower. It was good to meet Matt, Reehka and Shuthadeep, Tarrah and Justin and many other visitors who showed an interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Starting cool with clear sky, increasing cloud over day. Temperature started at 18c rising to 25c. Moderate north wind, our favourite direction Raptor Observations: First good Broad-winged Hawk movement of the season, topping the list with 544 seen, mid height in clear skies. Followed by 182 Sharp-shinned Hawk and 117 American Kestrel. Good diversity with 11 raptor species seen. Non-raptor Observations: Common Nighthawks and Sandhill Cranes were good to see, as were the continuing Red-headed Woodpeckers. New birds for the season included Red-breasted Nuthatch and American Wigeon. Otherwise diversity a bit lower with 56 species seen. Good movement of Monarchs with 59 passing. The list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S390512769 Predictions: The wind tomorrow starts in the north east then veering to east and then east south east. Thankfully it will remain cooler. Hopefully the good movement of Broad-wings, Sharp-shins and Kestrels will continue. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Paul Gosselin (paulgosselin25@hotmail.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