Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 946 3950 6527 Osprey 0 2 32 Bald Eagle 2 7 172 Northern Harrier 3 50 486 Sharp-shinned Hawk 46 565 5528 Cooper's Hawk 3 22 149 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 7 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 40237 Red-tailed Hawk 7 63 233 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 3 American Kestrel 2 23 984 Merlin 0 4 91 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 43 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 1010 4702 54493 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber Visitors: Big thanks to Paul G for being official counter and for Mike and Robin for helping out with the count as well. Weather: Mostly South West changing to South East in the afternoon most of the day light haze. Temperature quite warm as the day went on. Raptor Observations: Turkey vultures taking top spot with 946, followed by Sharp-shinned Hawks with 46. Good to see a Golden Eagle mid afternoon far to the north from the tower. Non-raptor Observations: Pelican numbers going up with 169 on the marsh. Blue jays 31,250, a bit more than yesterday. Duck are still far back on the marsh and very hard to count. The list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277513322 Predictions: Forecast for tomorrow is a moderate wind from southwest under cloudy skies. Mix and numbers of raptors likely to be similar to today. We always hope for more falcons. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Paul Gosselin (paulgosselin25@hotmail.com) 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