Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 160 1422 69352 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 3 12 284 Northern Harrier 3 4 203 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 16 3188 Cooper's Hawk 6 23 424 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 25 119 490 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 124 631 3069 Rough-legged Hawk 2 9 29 Golden Eagle 15 29 42 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 0 49 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 50 Unknown Buteo 1 4 26 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 25 Total: 343 2274 127666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, John Elliott, Patrick Mulawa Visitors: 5 Weather: Mostly cloudy today outside some brief midday clearing, temperatures were cool and the wind was strong out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: The volume might not have been there today but there were more than enough impact birds to make up for it. We had our best Golden Eagle outing of the fall with 15 tallied. Rough-legged Hawks continued to be seen with regularity. And Peregrine Falcon returned to the count sheet when a big female swooped in and strafed a raft of coots out over the lake. Non-raptor Observations: Not much going on non-raptor-wise. Predictions: Very much like today except with strong wind out of the south instead of the southeast. ======================================================================== 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
