Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3157 45436 48013 Osprey 1 13 43 Bald Eagle 17 237 402 Northern Harrier 24 286 722 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 2132 7095 Cooper's Hawk 6 119 246 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 12 154 154 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 79 782 952 Rough-legged Hawk 1 5 5 Golden Eagle 2 14 15 American Kestrel 0 183 1144 Merlin 1 18 105 Peregrine Falcon 0 22 63 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 20 21 Unknown Eagle 0 2 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 3359 49447 99238 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Andrew Fix, Chad Cornish, Corinne Allsop, Hugh Kent, Michael Arthurs, Robin Smallwood Visitors: Big thanks to Paul for being Official counter today, well supported by Chad, Mike, Andy, Robin, Corrine and Hugh. Good to see Andy and Emma from Cincinnati and many other people who visited the tower to see all the birds. Weather: Light wind from north until midday, turning south west. Scattered clouds throughout the day, with good visibility. Temperature around 15c most of the day. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures ruled the roost again with 3157. Better numbers of Red-tailed Hawks (79) throughout the day mostly accompanying the Turkey Vultures. Also relatively good numbers of Northern Harrier (24) including four males. Highlights for the day were two Golden Eagles and a Rough-legged Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: The American Crows (32880) came past in numbers today. Duck numbers are being maintained and a late burst of Great Egret(21) all in a group on the marsh close to the tower was interesting to see. The list is at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281349126 Predictions: Tomorrow is HawktoberFest and a Northern component to the moderate wind and sunny skies should bring raptors closer to the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Hugh Kent (Hughnkent@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