Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1136 37442 40019 Osprey 0 12 42 Bald Eagle 15 186 351 Northern Harrier 16 208 644 Sharp-shinned Hawk 122 1850 6813 Cooper's Hawk 2 95 222 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 129 129 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 19 614 784 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 2 11 12 American Kestrel 2 178 1139 Merlin 2 12 99 Peregrine Falcon 1 18 59 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 18 19 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 1323 40800 90591 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Erik van den Kieboom Observers: Baylana Hiebert, Hugh Kent, Juliette Herdman, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Susan Weaver Visitors: We would like to thank Noel, Juliette, Mike, Susan, Baylana, and Robin for helping with the count today. We would also like to thank Lou, Toni, and Nate for visiting us today. Weather: Sunny with some cloud and temperatures increasing from 10 to 15C during the count period. The morning began with strong west winds that eventually lightened and shifted to the southwest. Raptor Observations: Good numbers of Turkey Vultures, Northern Harriers, and Sharp-shinned Hawks were on the move today.Some other highlights included two Golden Eagles, a light morph Rough-legged Hawk, and a Peregrine Falcon. Non-raptor Observations: Including raptors, 71 species were observed today. Some highlights included over 900 American White Pelicans and a couple late Barn Swallows and Spotted Sandpipers. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280540810 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting a chance of rain and thunderstorms with some breaks and a strong WSW wind. This will likely move most raptor movement away to the northeast of the tower, although a lot of rain could reduce movement altogether. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Erik van den Kieboom (ErikKieboom@outlook.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