Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 80 746 746
Osprey 0 25 25
Bald Eagle 6 124 124
Northern Harrier 8 346 346
Sharp-shinned Hawk 204 3931 3931
Cooper's Hawk 5 100 100
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 40021 40021
Red-tailed Hawk 2 89 89
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 16 810 810
Merlin 3 82 82
Peregrine Falcon 1 29 29
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 329 46304 46304
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Hugh Kent, Noel Herdman
Observers: Daniel Lee, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman,
Olga Klekner
Visitors:
Thanks to Noel for starting off the day and to Liz, Mike, Noel, Daniel and
Olga for picking out those hard to see Raptors to the north and counting
wave after wave of Blue Jays. It was good to meet Patrick from Owen Sound,
Bill from New Brunswick, Johan and Jennifer who all showed a great interest
in the Hawk Watch.
Weather:
Moderate wind from West turning SW in afternoon. Clear skies with small
amount of cloud appearing from midday. Temperature mostly about low 20s but
rose to 25c in mid afternoon. Visibility good, no haze today.
Raptor Observations:
Same story as last few days with Sharp-shinned Hawk (204) the most
numerous. American Kestrel (16) numbers fell from high of yesterday. Turkey
Vulture (80) gradually increasing.
Non-raptor Observations:
Another big wave of Blue Jays (25740). Brown Thrasher has been present for
a few days and first appearance of American Coot (24) on the marsh today.
Good flight of Dragonflies (47) and Monarchs (33). The list is at:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S275630951
Predictions:
Forecast is similar to today, so I guess we can hope for the same mix and
number of raptors.
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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
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