Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 30, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 0 1116 59099 Osprey 0 1 44 Bald Eagle 1 102 578 Northern Harrier 0 162 933 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 281 7558 Cooper's Hawk 0 113 409 American Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 160 482 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1429 3080 Rough-legged Hawk 0 17 26 Golden Eagle 0 52 84 American Kestrel 0 1 1148 Merlin 0 25 135 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 80 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: 2 3472 113935 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Paul Gosselin Observers: Kiah Jasper, Mike Jaber, Noel Herdman, Robin Smallwood Visitors: Thanks to Paul Gosselin, Mike Jaber, Robin Smallwood, Noel Herdman and Kiah Jasper for helping out with the count amidst the cold and windy conditions today. Weather: The day temperature started at a low of 2°C eventually falling to 0°C. Winds consistently stayed SW at 25-30 mph' The skies were cloudy all day maintaining a steady barometric pressure at about 29.7. The Humidity varied from 75 to 87 percent. Raptor Observations: Raptors were scarce today. One migrating Bald Eagle and seven local BE. At the last minute of the last hour one lonely RT flew by. Non-raptor Observations: Last day of the season and we had 30 species recorded from the tower today. Mallards , Gadwall , and American Black ducks numbered in the thousands. Passerines have dwindled to a trickle. Ebird checklist available here https://ebird.org/checklist/S286857103 Predictions: This space today is dedicated to the many volunteers that make the Holiday Beach Hawk Tower Count happen. A special thanks to Liz and Hugh Kent who have dedicated years to this project and continue to make it happen. Thanks to official counters and observers. Here are a few. Liz ,Hugh, Paul Goslin, Chad Cornish, Noel Herdman, Mike Jaber, Kiah Jasper,Robin ,Peter,Aldo, Kate, and many more. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Peter Veighey (pjveighey@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