Holiday Beach Hawk Watch Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Turkey Vulture 838 39184 41761 Osprey 0 12 42 Bald Eagle 1 191 356 Northern Harrier 1 232 668 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1914 6877 Cooper's Hawk 0 103 230 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 131 131 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251 Red-tailed Hawk 0 634 804 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 11 12 American Kestrel 0 180 1141 Merlin 0 16 103 Peregrine Falcon 0 20 61 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 18 19 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 3 Black Vulture 0 1 1 Total: 843 42673 92464 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Erik van den Kieboom Observers: Robin Smallwood Visitors: Thank you to Robin for helping with the count today. Weather: Overcast and drizzly with temperatures staying steady around 9C all morning. Very strong winds from the southwest all day. Raptor Observations: Very few raptors moving. One good push of Turkey Vultures in the second hour, but practically nothing else. Non-raptor Observations: Including raptors, only 39 species were observed today. Highlights included a Nashville Warbler and nearly 1000 Tree Swallows. Today's ebird list can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S280850580 Predictions: Tomorrow should be cloudy with some sun and have moderate WNW winds. This should help concentrate raptor movement closer to the lakeshore, allowing better views from the tower. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Erik van den Kieboom ([email protected]) 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 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
