Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 1801 42279 44856
Osprey 0 12 42
Bald Eagle 22 220 385
Northern Harrier 16 262 698
Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 2073 7036
Cooper's Hawk 4 113 240
American Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 142 142
Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 40251
Red-tailed Hawk 41 703 873
Rough-legged Hawk 2 4 4
Golden Eagle 1 12 13
American Kestrel 1 183 1144
Merlin 0 17 104
Peregrine Falcon 1 22 63
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 20 21
Unknown Eagle 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 3
Black Vulture 0 1 1
Total: 1953 46088 95879
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Erik van den Kieboom
Observers: Daniel Lee, Hugh Kent, Jeremy Bensette, Liz Kent,
Mike Jaber
Visitors:
Thank you to Mike J., Dan, Robin, Jeremy, Ian, Mike S, and Brian for
helping with the count today. Thank you to the two school groups who
visited us today.
Weather:
Sunny with partial cloud and temperatures increasing from 7 to 11C during
the count period. Wind was moderate and from the WNW all day.
Raptor Observations:
Good numbers of Turkey Vultures, Sharp-shinned and Red-tailed Hawks moving.
Highlights included two dark morph Rough-legged Hawks and a Golden Eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Including raptors, 77 species were observed today. Some highlights included
a couple Common Gallinules and a Winter Wren. Very good movement of
Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins, Purple Finches and American
Goldfinches. Today's ebird list can be found here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S281161581
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks sunny with a light west wind. Raptor movement may be slowed
somewhat. Sunday is Hawktober fest, and the conditions look good, with
moderate NE winds and sunny skies with some cloud. Raptors will likely move
closer to the tower and be relatively easy to view.
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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
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