Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 19 143 143 Osprey 7 22 22 Bald Eagle 19 37 37 Northern Harrier 5 20 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 158 196 196 Cooper's Hawk 21 28 28 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 52 74 74 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 16 74 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 12 23 23 Merlin 1 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 3 7 7 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 314 633 633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Jim Lynch, John Elliott Visitors: 4 Weather: Sunny and clear again today, some long contrails and high cirrus helped make spotting easier. The wind was very light and out of the east early, strengthening and shifting more southeast as the day progressed. Raptor Observations: A very good day of early September movement. Broad-winged and Sharp-shinned hawks were both speeding south in good numbers and Bald Eagles continued to make their presence felt. The day's highlight came during the early afternoon when six eagles, one after the other, raced across the channel and then pulled up to soar together over the parking lot for a short time. Non-raptor Observations: Very little non-raptor activity. Small numbers of American Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and Northern Flicker were detected but that was about it. A female Wood Duck flew by in the late afternoon, our first Wood Duck of the season. Predictions: Mostly cloudy with southwest winds and a slight chance of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org Site Description: The Detroit River Hawk Watch (a joint venture of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and its Friends group, the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance) is the Boat Launch at Lake Erie Metropark located approximately 20 miles south of Detroit, Michigan. The location is at the mouth of the Detroit River as it enters Lake Erie. Directions to site: Lake Erie Metropark: >From I-75, exit at Huron River Drive (exit 27). Continue east on Huron River Drive. Turn left on West Jefferson and proceed a few hundred yards to the entrance of Lake Erie Metropark. After paying the entrance fee, follow the signs to the Boat Launch. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
