Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 736 736 Osprey 1 41 41 Bald Eagle 0 106 106 Northern Harrier 0 59 59 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1213 1213 Cooper's Hawk 0 133 133 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 41860 41860 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 183 183 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 205 205 Merlin 0 14 14 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 26 26 Unknown Buteo 0 3 3 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 8 8 Total: 3 44593 44593 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Raburn Howland Visitors: 10+ Weather: Hot and humid with heavy fog limiting visibility considerably, the wind was light and out of the south and southeast. The rain held off but worse conditions for September raptor migration would be hard to come by. Raptor Observations: Movement was minimal. Non-raptor Observations: Nothin' doin' Predictions: Mostly cloudy with an 80 percent chance of rain. The wind will be out of the south early, shifting west as the day progresses. We might be able to squeeze a morning of counting in before the rain but the afternoon looks like a wash. ======================================================================== 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
