Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1076 67987 71460 Osprey 0 4 30 Bald Eagle 7 139 346 Northern Harrier 5 482 1063 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 3118 8552 Cooper's Hawk 12 212 324 American Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 30 359 360 Broad-winged Hawk 0 53 107107 Red-tailed Hawk 86 1701 2103 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 1 31 31 American Kestrel 0 855 2224 Merlin 0 49 152 Peregrine Falcon 1 48 82 Unknown Accipitrine 0 4 5 Unknown Buteo 0 9 11 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 1 3 Unknown Raptor 0 4 26 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1263 75064 193888 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Christine Hare, David Wharton, Hugh Kent, Jaron Wilkinson, Liz Kent, Michelle Mastellotto, Mike Jaber, Stephen Courtney Visitors: Huge thanks to our counters: Christine, David, Stephen, Hugh, Liz, Jaron, Michelle and Mike! Nice to meet Dennis, Malcom, Hayden, Jeff, Shane and everyone who visited the tower on this beautiful fall day! Weather: Cool crisp morning with light fog that faded quickly. Winds started with our preferred direction of north but shifted east then settled into a southerly breeze. Temperature started around 9�C and slowly rose to a high of 21�C. Raptor Observations: Was a slower day on the tower as the wind shifted from north to south. As expected Turkey Vultures (1076) ruled the day. Red-Tailed (86), Sharp-shinned (44) and Red-Shouldered (30) had a good showing. Now for the exciting parts, Season's first of an Immature American Goshawk! A late arriving Golden Eagle (at 15:26) tired to sneak by far to the north. Non-raptor Observations: Ducks once again had a good representation in the marsh, primarily composed of Ring-Necked (890) and Green-Winged Teal (207). Our Season's first Fox Sparrow showed itself as it chased around the other sparrows. Good movements of American Crows (1787), Red-Winged Blackbirds (1800) and European Starlings (4400). Monarchs (9) were spotted today and I wish them favorable winds and a quick journey south. Complete list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S405105822. Predictions: Weather is looking almost identical tomorrow other then winds starting in the south. Hopefully the warm temperatures will still bring in good numbers that are chasing the thermals. ======================================================================== 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