Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 1 1 Merlin 2 2 2 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: 3 3 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Liz Kent, Michael Burton Smith Visitors: Quiet day today. Weather: Cloudy with light southerlies through the day. Humid. Raptor Observations: Very quiet day, with two merlin and one kestrel seen. Non-raptor Observations: The eBird list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S388689100 Good number of species with a count of 65. Particular highlights were the Black-billed Cuckoo, visiting Snowy Egret and Prothonotary Warbler. Predictions: Similar conditions to today's, slightly warmer. Hopefully greater return in raptors migrating south, with more diversity in species. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Michael Burton-Smith () 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