Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 502 2613 2613 Osprey 0 25 25 Bald Eagle 3 190 190 Northern Harrier 25 519 519 Sharp-shinned Hawk 487 4771 4771 Cooper's Hawk 12 93 93 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 117 106992 106992 Red-tailed Hawk 34 376 376 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 120 1238 1239 Merlin 3 97 99 Peregrine Falcon 1 25 25 Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 20 20 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 1304 116965 116968 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Andrew Fix, Cameron Chevalier, Hugh Kent, Jaron Wilkinson, Karen Padbury, Liz Kent, Michael Burton-Smith, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Peter Veighey Visitors: Big thanks to Andrew, Cameron, Hugh, Jaron, Karen, Liz, Michael, Mike, Matt, Noah, Bryan, Fran and Peter for great observing and counting! Was good to see again Toni and Lou, Brian, Pat, Evelyn, Neil and Marianne, Heather and Alban, Corinne, Alex and friends. All took a great interest in the Hawk Watch! Great to see 2 banded Coopers Hawk being brought up to the tower by Allan! Weather: Moderate wind coming through from the North, our favourite direction! Temperature started off cool at 11c slowly rose to 24c. Light cloud clover throughout day. Great clear visibility. A good comfortable day on the tower. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures (502) led the pack with Sharp-Shinned Hawks (487) following closely behind. Good to see a few Broad Winged Hawks (115) still trickling across. All falcons were represented with good numbers of American Kestrels (115), Merlins(3) and a late Peregrine Falcon (1) carrying a blue jay for its evening snack. Non-raptor Observations: American Pelicans (226) wowed the crowd with its their majestic flight displays. Blue Jays (21283) continued to flow through with similar number from yesterdays. 9 Warbler species spotted today with a large group of Yellow Rumped (16). A first of the season a Pine Siskin was heard flying over. Good views of a Common Nighthawk later on in the day. A late lone Purple Martin was also sighted. The complete list can be found at https://ebird.org/checklist/S396601883. We witnessed a territorial dispute between 2 large male common snapping turtles in the pond. Predictions: Tomorrow brings us another day of favourable north winds! We can expect similar numbers with hopefully more Turkey Vultures, and of course more Blue Jays! ======================================================================== 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