Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 66 66 Osprey 0 5 5 Bald Eagle 0 17 17 Northern Harrier 1 43 43 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 24 24 Cooper's Hawk 1 14 14 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 4 123 123 Red-tailed Hawk 2 38 38 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 41 41 Merlin 1 12 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 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: 18 387 387 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Hugh Kent Observers: Visitors: Thanks to Dennis for helping me out for a couple of hours. A few visitors were interested in the Hawk Watch. Weather: Overcast most of the day, misty for the first hour, then clearing. Wind light from the N for the first 2 hours then switching to S. Temperature mid 20s C but comfortable due to cloud cover. Raptor Observations: It was nice to see a small kettle of 6 American Kestrels close to the Tower. Otherwise very few raptors today. One wonders when the migration is going to start. Non-raptor Observations: Good diverse list today with a variety of warblers, Flycatchers and Woodpeckers early on. First appearance of Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Gray cheeked Thrush was notable. The list is at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2726303780 Predictions: Very light wind from the north and clear skies is forecast that may bring a few more migrating 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.
