Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1357 31089 35311 Osprey 0 8 68 Bald Eagle 2 95 233 Northern Harrier 2 36 159 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 385 2243 Cooper's Hawk 6 123 316 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 55 57 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Red-tailed Hawk 9 360 659 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 169 666 Merlin 0 14 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 21 31 Unknown Accipiter 1 9 41 Unknown Buteo 0 6 11 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 8 20 Total: 1391 32382 89485 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Frank Kitakis, Jim Lynch Visitors: 5 Weather: Cloudy from the get-go, by midday an eerie fog had swept in and swallowed us whole, necessitating an early shutdown. The wind was light and out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: Some sizable groups of vultures floated past the mist-enshrouded stacks during the late morning. A smattering of buteos, harriers and accipiters did the same, also crossing well to our north for the most part. Non-raptor Observations: Red-winged Blackbird (350+), American Crow (19), Lesser Scaup (1), Pied-billed Grebe (8), Caspian Tern (1), Black-crowned Night Heron (1) Predictions: Overcast with morning rain, highs in the mid 60s and strong west wind. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ 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
