Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 245 63708 67930 Osprey 0 11 71 Bald Eagle 0 134 272 Northern Harrier 5 76 199 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 1314 3172 Cooper's Hawk 7 208 401 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 369 371 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 5 Red-tailed Hawk 144 2139 2438 Rough-legged Hawk 0 20 20 Golden Eagle 0 13 13 American Kestrel 0 184 681 Merlin 0 25 49 Peregrine Falcon 0 33 43 Unknown Accipiter 1 15 47 Unknown Buteo 6 17 22 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 2 13 25 Total: 430 68289 125392 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, John Elliott Visitors: 8 Weather: Sunny skies greeted us for the first time in a while. Lingering fog did us no favors, limiting visibility considerably throughout the day. The wind was light and out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: Not much was moving besides Red-tailed Hawks. Riding the south wind, many birds crossed well to our north. Non-raptor Observations: Dunlin (50+), Horned Lark (7), Eastern Bluebird (3), Red-winged Blackbird (800+), Rusty Blackbird (40+), Common Grackle (20+) Cedar Waxwing (50+) Predictions: Overcast with an 80 percent chance of rain and strong south 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
