Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 36254 38831 Osprey 0 12 42 Bald Eagle 0 171 336 Northern Harrier 2 192 628 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1728 6691 Cooper's Hawk 0 93 220 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 125 125 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 0 595 765 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 9 10 American Kestrel 0 176 1137 Merlin 1 10 97 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 58 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 17 18 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 4 39425 89216 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Daniel Lee Visitors: Big thanks to Paul and Dan for braving the weather and doing the count. Weather: Moderate winds from the south to start the morning followed by a couple hours of heavy rain. Rain eventually stopped late morning but winds picked up and fog/haze settled in. Temperature hovered around 17C for the morning. Raptor Observations: Very few raptors counted today due to inclement weather. Strong south winds to start the morning with only a few raptors. Second hour was pretty much the same but no raptors seen. The next couple hours, there were no observations due to heavy rain. Final hour was foggy and hazy with just one raptor counted. Non-raptor Observations: Large numbers of ducks again in the marsh with Ring-necked Ducks totalling 1842. 350 American White Pelicans observed in the marsh. Large numbers of Tree Swallows migrating past tower....other birds were in low numbers. The complete ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280340448 Predictions: Mostly sunny. High of 16C. Winds WSW 15-25 km/hr. Hopefully the Raptors will fly again in reasonable numbers after the recent bout of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dana Ogglesby (danaogglesby@gmail.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