Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 8798 52145 55618 Osprey 0 4 30 Bald Eagle 4 91 298 Northern Harrier 24 383 964 Sharp-shinned Hawk 224 2427 7861 Cooper's Hawk 3 155 267 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 50 51 Broad-winged Hawk 0 51 107105 Red-tailed Hawk 110 439 841 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 2 American Kestrel 26 816 2185 Merlin 4 44 147 Peregrine Falcon 0 43 77 Unknown Accipitrine 0 2 3 Unknown Buteo 0 3 5 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 3 Unknown Raptor 0 3 25 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 9195 56659 175483 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Alessandra Kite, Chad Cornish, Daniel Lee, Jaron Wilkinson, Karen Padbury, Kiah Jasper, Michael Burton-Smith, Mike Jaber, Wade Carlton Visitors: Huge thanks to our counters: Mike , Kiah, Jaron, Chad, Karen, Alessandra, Daniel, Michael and Wade. Was nice to meet Taylor K, Sandra, Leni and the large number of people who visited the tower during HawktoberFest! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the spectacle of hawk migration. Weather: A chilly morning turned into a beautiful crisp autumn day with sunny skies, southwestern winds and a high temperature of 18�c Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures (8798) had another great day streaming across the clear sky. A Golden Eagle gave us a surprise as it crossed far to the north at the last hour of the day. Can we get another tomorrow for 3 in the row? Sharp-shinned (224) and Red Tailed (108) filled the gaps between the Turkey Vulture flights. Northern Harriers (24) gave us a good showing of a few Gray Ghosts. Non-raptor Observations: The marsh is starting to fill up with 10 duck species including large numbers of Northern Pintail (190), Gadwall (350) and American Wigeon (98). First noticeable movement of Horned Lark (35), American Pipit (43) and Pine Siskin (23). 5 Warbler species are still hanging around with, Orange-Crowned, Nashville, Palm, Blackpoll (3) and a large flock of Yellow-Rumped (103). A very round raccoon was spotted in the marsh by an excited Michael! Complete list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S403550949 Predictions: Weather looks to be very similar to today. Sunny, low southwestern winds and a high of 18�C. We can hope expect similar movements in Raptors. Fingers crossed we get another Golden Eagle day for 3 in a row. ======================================================================== 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