Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 54 921 58904 Osprey 0 1 44 Bald Eagle 11 50 526 Northern Harrier 11 109 880 Sharp-shinned Hawk 22 168 7445 Cooper's Hawk 5 39 335 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 75 397 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 219 581 2232 Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 22 Golden Eagle 0 27 59 American Kestrel 0 1 1148 Merlin 3 14 124 Peregrine Falcon 2 12 79 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 21 Unknown Eagle 0 0 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Black Vulture 0 0 1 Total: 337 2011 112474 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Corinne Allsop, Kiah Jasper, Kory Renaud, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Robin Smallwood Visitors: We were happy to have Robin S, Corinne A, and Kory R assist in the Official Count along with visitors Al and Amy from Cleveland. Thanks to everyone for making the day a little easier. Weather: This morning started off with a cool 4C with clear skies and light winds. By noon it had only warmed up a couple of degrees with winds picking up to 12mph and 80% overcast skies. By the end of the day, wind were steady at 18mph, skies 50% overcast. Winds were out of the NW all day. Raptor Observations: Raptor movement was slow until about 10:00am when the Red-tail Hawks started to move. The 11 to 12 hour alone showed 75 red-tails. Northern Harriers , Cooper's , Sharpshins, and Merlins made a scattered showing throughout the day Non-raptor Observations: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284833198 Predictions: Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high of 7C. Winds will be out of the NW all day at 6 -10 kmph. Could be another good day for Red-tails. Maybe other surprises. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Chad Cornish (mail@chadcornish.ca) 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