Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 5224 14325 16902 Osprey 2 6 36 Bald Eagle 21 73 238 Northern Harrier 13 89 525 Sharp-shinned Hawk 108 972 5935 Cooper's Hawk 8 52 179 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 25 25 Broad-winged Hawk 1 15 40247 Red-tailed Hawk 43 159 329 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 4 American Kestrel 5 110 1071 Merlin 0 5 92 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 49 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 3 4 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 5437 15845 65636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Hugh Kent, Liz Kent, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman Visitors: We would like to thank Noel, Mike, Juliette, Baylana, and Jude for helping with the count today. We would also like to thank Marcos, Lou, Toni, David, Mel, Yvonne, and Fern for visiting us today. Weather: Sunny, clear skies all day with temperatures increasing from 9 to 20C during the count period. Strong NE winds in the morning switching to a light south wind by the end of the period. Raptor Observations: Large numbers of Turkey Vultures were moving late morning/early afternoon, along with good numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks and Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Including raptors, we observed 79 species of birds. Some highlights included 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers and lots of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers migrating. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278213789 Predictions: Tomorrow's conditions should be sunny with partial cloud and a moderate SW wind. This will likely push raptors further away from the tower, making viewing conditions unfavourable. ======================================================================== 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