Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 1294 40478 43055 Osprey 0 12 42 Bald Eagle 7 198 363 Northern Harrier 14 246 682 Sharp-shinned Hawk 101 2015 6978 Cooper's Hawk 6 109 236 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 136 136 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 28 662 832 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 11 12 American Kestrel 2 182 1143 Merlin 1 17 104 Peregrine Falcon 1 21 62 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 2 20 21 Unknown Eagle 1 2 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 1462 44135 93926 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Erik van den Kieboom Observers: Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Robin Smallwood Visitors: Thank you to Noel, Mike, and Robin for helping with the count today. Thank you to Cathy, Jim, and the two school groups for visiting us today. Weather: Cloudy all day with some sun and temperatures increasing from 7 to 11C during the count period. Strong WNW winds throughout the period. Raptor Observations: Low numbers overall, with the most abundant species being Turkey Vulture and Sharp-shinned Hawk. Decent numbers of Red-tailed Hawks and Northern Harriers, with a good push of Red-shouldered Hawks around mid morning. Non-raptor Observations: Including raptors, 64 species were observed. Highlights included a Trumpeter Swan and a late Indigo Bunting. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280983561 Predictions: Cloudy with some sun and a moderate WNW wind. This will hopefully push raptors along the lakeshore giving better views. ======================================================================== 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