Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 40 1092 59075 Osprey 0 1 44 Bald Eagle 3 94 570 Northern Harrier 5 150 921 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 276 7553 Cooper's Hawk 5 108 404 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 158 480 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 37 1416 3067 Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 26 Golden Eagle 3 50 82 American Kestrel 0 1 1148 Merlin 0 23 133 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 80 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Total: 113 3399 113862 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Juliette Herdman, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Robin Smallwood Visitors: Thanks to Paul for handling Offical Counter duties, with many helpful observers: Mike J., Noel, Juliette, Kate, and Robin. Toni, Lou, David P., Sarah M., and Roz all visited the tower today. Weather: A cool start (3C), with winds blowing mildly out of the west, and a touch of cloud cover. By noon wind direction had shifted southwest, but would return to straight west. 12C was the high for today. Raptor Observations: Constant west winds made for a slow day on the raptor front. Turkey Vultures just squeaked into first place (40), closely followed by Red-tailed (37). We then have a two-way tie for 3rd, with 10 apiece awarded to Sharp-shinned and Red-shouldered Hawks. Another two-way tie for 4th saw Cooper's and Northern Harriers tally 5 each. Golden Eagles weren't as numerous today, with only 3 observed. Non-raptor Observations: Ducks continue to reign supreme on the marsh (4373). A large squadron of American White Pelicans flew over the marsh in perfect formation, and American Goldfinch continue to move in good numbers (705). The eBird checklist can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285846664 Predictions: Patches of fog dissipating in the morning to reveal partly sunny skies with a high of 9C. South winds will once again dampen raptor migration, but hopefully (with all fingers crossed) a few will pay us a visit near the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chad Cornish (mail@chadcornish.ca) 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