Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 181 927 927 Osprey 0 25 25 Bald Eagle 6 130 130 Northern Harrier 19 365 365 Sharp-shinned Hawk 113 4044 4044 Cooper's Hawk 6 106 106 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2 40023 40023 Red-tailed Hawk 5 94 94 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 27 837 837 Merlin 0 82 82 Peregrine Falcon 2 31 31 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: 361 46665 46665 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Observers: Corinne Allsop, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Olga Klekner Visitors: Big thanks to Noel for starting the day off and Paul for taking over as official counter for the rest of the day. Thanks to Noel, Olga, Corinne, and Mike for helping with the count. Weather: Started off fair became hot in the afternoon. Wind mostly south west turning to South later on. Clear skies all day. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures took top spot with 181, followed by Sharp-Shinned Hawk at 113, Good view of adult Peregrine falcon along the shore. Non-raptor Observations: Big numbers of Blue Jays (14,230), Tree Swallows (7712),and American Pelicans keeping up their number at 75. It was nice to see 3 Brown Thrashers near the tower. The list is at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275864843 Predictions: Forecast is similar to today except the wind is moderate from the north, hopefully we will see more raptors of the same mix. ======================================================================== 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