Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 3285 22960 25537 Osprey 1 7 37 Bald Eagle 14 112 277 Northern Harrier 13 121 557 Sharp-shinned Hawk 166 1244 6207 Cooper's Hawk 11 70 197 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 12 49 49 Broad-winged Hawk 1 16 40248 Red-tailed Hawk 73 289 459 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 4 5 American Kestrel 8 137 1098 Merlin 0 5 92 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 51 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 8 9 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 3587 25032 74823 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 06:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Erik van den Kieboom Observers: Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Paul Gosselin Visitors: Thank you to Paul and Mike for helping with the count today. Thank you to Bob, Lou, Toni, and Emily for visiting us today. Weather: Sunny with some cloud and temperatures increasing from 11 to 24C during the count period. Strong winds moving between the northeast and the southeast throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Large numbers of Turkey Vultures and Sharp-shinned Hawks were moving today, along with good numbers of Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. Highlights included a lone Golden Eagle and a Peregrine Falcon. Non-raptor Observations: Including raptors, 72 species were observed today. Highlights included nearly 860 American White Pelicans and a Little Gull. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S279013616 Predictions: Tomorrow we are expecting sunny skies and a moderate ESE wind. This may encourage more raptors to move, however they may not be very close to 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