Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 11 104 104 Osprey 0 8 8 Bald Eagle 3 28 28 Northern Harrier 17 71 71 Sharp-shinned Hawk 155 224 224 Cooper's Hawk 2 20 20 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1210 1366 1366 Red-tailed Hawk 0 40 40 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 26 175 175 Merlin 3 26 26 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 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: 1427 2067 2067 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Chad Cornish Observers: Hugh Kent, Karen Padbury, Larry Ludwicki Visitors: Thanks to Chad for being the official counter today, with great assistance from Karen Padbury and Hugh Kent. Lou, Toni, Alkesh, Marcos, Brian, and Kit all paid a visit to the tower today. Weather: Clear skies with slight northerly winds to begin; becoming quite warm with the wind eventually switching south. Raptor Observations: A slow start to the day until Broad-winged Hawks made a grand entrance around 9:00EST. One large kettle of 700+ to the north, plus several small kettles barely forming up before streaming behind the trout pond. Sharp-shinned hawks flew in good numbers today, with the falcons fewer than yesterday. Non-raptor Observations: A great mix of warblers and others in the bushes and trees around the tower this morning. Ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272978561 Predictions: Hawk Festival day one. A mix of sun and cloud with a chance of precipitation later in the afternoon. The predicted southerly winds aren't ideal for raptor migration, but let's hope the birds decide to move anyways. ======================================================================== 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