Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 754 20939 24412 Osprey 2 3 29 Bald Eagle 1 31 238 Northern Harrier 23 176 757 Sharp-shinned Hawk 66 822 6256 Cooper's Hawk 9 41 153 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 1 Broad-winged Hawk 5 30 107084 Red-tailed Hawk 16 102 504 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 215 1584 Merlin 4 19 122 Peregrine Falcon 3 26 60 Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 2 Unknown Buteo 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 3 Unknown Raptor 0 3 25 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 889 22411 141235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Daniel Lee, David Wharton, Hugh Kent, Ian Woodfield, Jaron Wilkinson, Jeremy Bensette, Kit McCann, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Robin Smallwood, Stephen Courtney Visitors: Thanks to all our hard working volunteers. Hugh, Ian, Jaron, Jeremy, Kit, Liz, Mike, Robin, Daniel, Stephen and David. It was nice to have a full tower today with lots of visitors, Ruth, Mark, Linda, Ellen, Kerri, Leah, Sherry, Jamie, Amy Michael, Libby, and Samm. All very keen to see the birds on the Marsh and to hear about the Hawk Watch. Weather: The day started with an east wind and shifted mid day to south-east. The clouds slowly creeped in over the course of the day. Visibility was near perfect for the whole day. Comfortable temperature throughout day, rising to 22c Raptor Observations: Today the top birds were the Turkey Vultures (754), Sharp Shinned Hawks (66) and a good number of Northern Harrier (23) including a nice male 'gray ghost'. Disappointingly we haven't seen any Red shouldered Hawks today. Non-raptor Observations: We had a late Black and White Warbler. Ducks are starting to show up in a greater variety. American Coots and Ring Necked Ducks showed up big today. Blue Jays are still streaming through in large numbers. Find the full list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S401057590 Predictions: Tomorrow looks to be a wet one, periods of rain through out the day with the same south east winds we saw today. Hawk counts will probably be lower than today, but the same mix is likely. ======================================================================== 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