Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 27 27 27 Osprey 1 1 1 Bald Eagle 2 2 2 Northern Harrier 2 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 2 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 25 25 25 Red-tailed Hawk 11 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 14 14 14 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 85 85 85 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Daniel Lee, Ian Woodfield, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Visitors: Thanks to Liz, Noel, Mike, Paul, Daniel and Ian for help on the Tower. We had about 20 visitors who showed an interest in the Count and it was good to see Lizzi and Jason again. Weather: Clear skies initially, pleasant 16 deg, rising to 27 mid afternoon, becoming progressively cloudier. Light to moderate wind from the NE, veers to SE in afternoon Raptor Observations: Good start, with 25 Broad-winged Hawks. Mostly high to the north east. Non-raptor Observations: Good varied list of 61 species. Morning flyover of 14 Bobolink, probably an underestimate. List at https://ebird.org/checklist/S270961727 Predictions: Hopefully similar to today, but wind is predicted from the SE. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@gmail.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