Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 7 49 49 Osprey 2 4 4 Bald Eagle 2 5 5 Northern Harrier 1 18 18 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 5 5 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 24 63 63 Red-tailed Hawk 4 17 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 23 23 Merlin 0 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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: 47 190 190 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Ian Woodfield, Liz Kent, Noel Herdman Visitors: Thanks to Noel, Ian and Liz for helping with the count. It was good to meet Carrie, Jim and Richard who took an interest in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Started overcast with drizzle moderate wind from N. Gradually cleared with wind changing to SW and temperature rising to 24 degC from an initial low of 14 degC. Raptor Observations: Broad-winged Hawks mostly seen high to the north, again topped the chart with 14 out a total of 47. Non-raptor Observations: Slightly fewer species today, still a few warblers mostly seen after midday. Northern Shoveler, American Black Duck and Solitary Sandpiper new for the season. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S271475015 Predictions: Wind will be strong from the south west tomorrow, temperatures about the same as today. Let's hope the strong wind encourages more flight by the Raptors. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent ([email protected]) 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 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
