Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 26 130 130
Osprey 4 12 12
Bald Eagle 21 53 53
Northern Harrier 51 129 129
Sharp-shinned Hawk 297 807 807
Cooper's Hawk 6 27 27
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 3307 4674 4674
Red-tailed Hawk 9 50 50
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 164 347 347
Merlin 10 47 47
Peregrine Falcon 2 9 9
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: 3897 6285 6285
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Chad Cornish
Observers: Cameron Chevalier, Hugh Kent, Jeremy Bensette,
Karen Padbury, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin
Weather:
Extremely heavy fog to start the day; slight north winds. The sky would
clear, with temperatures becoming quite hot by mid-afternoon. Winds would
gradually move to a southern position.
Raptor Observations:
Festival of Hawks day two; another good day of flight. Sharp-shinned Hawks
led off, with American Kestrels slowing gaining ground as the day wore on.
Merlin and Northern Harrier also made an excellent showing. A huge shout
out to Jeremy B. for spotting the massive Broad-winged kettle extremely
high in the sky in the afternoon. They could only faintly be seen with
binoculars, and could only be counted with a scope. Thank you to all HBMO
volunteers for your contributions.
Non-raptor Observations:
Thanks to Chad for being the official counter. Many great observers helped
on the tower today - Noel, Paul, Karen, Daniel, Cam, Jeremy B., Hugh,
Patrick, and Steve. On the non-raptor front, Warblers were slower again
this morning, with the usual cast of characters on the marsh. The eBird
list can be found here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S273466869
Predictions:
Another foggy start is predicted, along with a touch of northeast wind.
Temperatures again rising high in the afternoon, with winds shifting east.
Hoping for another big push tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Chad Cornish ([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
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