Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 2228 26073 28650 Osprey 1 9 39 Bald Eagle 15 139 304 Northern Harrier 3 132 568 Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 1488 6451 Cooper's Hawk 2 80 207 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 19 69 69 Broad-winged Hawk 1 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 66 374 544 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 6 7 American Kestrel 8 145 1106 Merlin 0 6 93 Peregrine Falcon 2 13 54 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 2 12 13 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 2509 28566 78357 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Paul Gosselin Visitors: We would like to thank Paul, Mike, Baylana, and Noel for helping with the count today. We would also like to thank Lou and Toni for visiting us today. Weather: Sunny all day with some cloud and temperatures increasing from 15 to 23C during the count period. Winds were fairly light and consistently NNE throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Good numbers of Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks were moving today, along with fairly high numbers of Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. Some highlights today included two Golden Eagles, a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk, and a couple Peregrine Falcons. Non-raptor Observations: Including Raptors, we observed 73 species today. Some highlights included more than 900 American White Pelicans, a Common Raven, and a Pine Warbler. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S279397568 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting partially cloudy skies and a moderate north wind. This should push more raptors toward the lakeshore, and offer better views from the tower. ======================================================================== 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