Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 599 3212 3212 Osprey 0 25 25 Bald Eagle 5 195 195 Northern Harrier 26 545 545 Sharp-shinned Hawk 524 5295 5295 Cooper's Hawk 12 105 105 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 43 107035 107035 Red-tailed Hawk 19 395 395 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 94 1332 1333 Merlin 2 99 101 Peregrine Falcon 3 28 28 Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 20 20 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 1328 118293 118296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Corinne Allsop, Hugh Kent, Jaron Wilkinson, Joanne Andkilde, Kory Renaud, Liz Kent, Matt Brannagan, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Robin Smallwood Visitors: Another great job by our hard working team of counters including: Noel, Mike, Jaron, Robin, Hugh, Liz, Corinne, Matt, Joanne and Kory. Nice to see lots of visitors, Katherine, David and Steve, Evelyn and Neil, Melanie and Loren, Sherry and Jamie, Gregory, Bob S, and anyone we may have missed! Weather: Another great day on the tower. With ideal wind conditions from the North. Clear blue skies. Warm and Sunny! Raptor Observations: First of the season immature Red-Shouldered Hawk (1) was spotted! Turkey Vultures (599) lead the way as their movements increase. Sharp-shinned Hawks (524) gave us a steady trickle throughout the day. All falcons were represented again today with American Kestrels (94), Merlins (2) and Peregrines(3). A Peregrine gave us great entertainment attempting to push a Bald Eagle out of the Sky. Nice to have 11 species of raptors today! Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays were active with 12381 storming the tower within the first hour of the count, totalling 17603 over the entire day. Great selection of sparrows were viewed with the Clay-Colored Sparrow(1) returning and a small group of White Throated Sparrow(5). Seasons first of a pair of Trumpeter Swan! Good selection of thrushes with Veery, Hermit and Swainson's seen. Complete list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S396982547 Our local fox was spotted spooking a few Great Blue Herons towards the Hunt Club this morning. Predictions: Tomorrow looking like similar conditions with clear skies, warm temperatures and our preferred northern wind. Broad-winged Hawks are gradually reducing in number, but it is likely that Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks will continue to pass in good numbers. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chad Cornish (mail@chadcornish.ca) 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