Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 867 58850 Osprey 0 1 44 Bald Eagle 0 39 515 Northern Harrier 2 98 869 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 146 7423 Cooper's Hawk 6 34 330 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 65 387 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 13 362 2013 Rough-legged Hawk 0 13 22 Golden Eagle 0 27 59 American Kestrel 0 1 1148 Merlin 0 11 121 Peregrine Falcon 0 10 77 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: 27 1674 112137 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Corinne Allsop, Kory Renaud, Robin Smallwood Visitors: We were delighted to have Robin S, Corinne A, and Kory R assist in the Official Count along with visitors Lou and Tony. Thanks to everyone for making the day a little easier. Weather: The day started with a temperature of 9°C but quickly increased as the morning went on, ending up at a comfortable 17°C. The sky was mainly overcast with clouds throughout the day with a general visiblity of 25km. The wind was very light today from the South (under 11kph), shifting to SE and SSE briefly before moving back to the South. Not the best conditions for hawkwatching but Paul and his crew made the best of it. Humidity rose (75.9 to 85.4%) and the barometric pressure dropped slightly (29.47 to 29.24 in Hg) as the day progressed. Raptor Observations: As we started the 3rd week of November, the light South winds did not guarrantee a great day for raptors. Only 27 raptors flew by the tower on this humid and cloudy day with the Red-tailed Hawks stealing the show at 13. Regardless of the low numbers they still saw 5 different raptor species. Non-raptor Observations: 66 species were recorded from the tower today! Species observed migrating in good numbers included; American Goldfinch (733), Purple Finch (77), Horned Lark (39), American Pipit (23), Lapland Longspur (3), American Pipit (23), Snow Bunting (8), Pine Siskin (7) and Cedar Waxwing (703). 1 Common Loon was seen today. On the marsh 6 Great Egrets and 9 Tree Swallows continue to linger into the month. Mallard, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, American Coot and American Black Duck are still showing in high numbers. And finally, the story of the day. It wasn't the 12,000 European Starlings flying overhead near the end of day, it was the Yellow-headed Blackbird leading the way! This is the second official recording of it passing through Holiday Beach CA since the 90's. Great catch Paul and the crew! For the full eBird list of species seen, click here - https://ebird.org/checklist/S284654074 Predictions: Tomorrow looks like a great day for the Hawk Count with partly sunny skies and a cooler start to the day at 3°C rising to a high of 7°C. In the morning we should have a steady NW wind of 30 kph with 61 kph gusts. Humidity will be down to 53% and an improved drop in cloud cover to 41%. As the day shifts to afternoon the wind will shift to WNW creating a slight drop in humidity and reduction cloud cover. ======================================================================== Report submitted by (aldobertucci@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