Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 155 1727 1727 Osprey 3 28 28 Bald Eagle 0 159 159 Northern Harrier 21 416 416 Sharp-shinned Hawk 156 4433 4433 Cooper's Hawk 3 116 116 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 13 40089 40089 Red-tailed Hawk 5 149 149 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 937 937 Merlin 1 86 86 Peregrine Falcon 0 40 40 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: 375 48181 48181 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Mike Jaber Visitors: Big thanks to Mike and Liz for helping out in the morning. Thanks also to Fred and Connie, and also Kate with help on observing. It was good to see Lou and Toni, and Eva, Kayden and David from ERCA. Thanks to Kyle Tom ,and Steph from Hamilton Weather: Wind moderate from north until mid morning then turned south clear skies all day. Temperature rose to a hot 28C Good visibility all day Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned Hawks (156) took top spot just ahead of Turkey Vultures (155). American Kestrel were lower than expected at 18 Non-raptor Observations: A few more Warblers today and ducks are returning. Blue-jay numbers still high at 23,730 The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276356375 Predictions: Tomorrow will be similar to today in temperature with clear skies. Wind will be moderate from the north which should result in a good Hawk count. Might be a good day for a visit ======================================================================== Report submitted by Peter Veighey (pjveighey@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