Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 6 6 Osprey 0 8 8 Bald Eagle 0 16 16 Northern Harrier 4 19 19 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 11 11 Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 9 9 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 21 21 Merlin 2 5 5 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 18 103 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, John Elliott Visitors: 0 Weather: The unrelenting sun found us in the shade by midday. Lingering throughout, a touch of distant haze limited visibility out toward Canada. Overhead, a few puffy white clouds hung around all day, granting us a slightly better spotting sky than yesterday. The wind was light and mostly out of the west and southwest. Raptor Observations: Outside a brief burst of birds during the early afternoon there was little movement to speak of. Interestingly, mixed in with the feisty Merlin, distant Redtail and high-flying harriers comprising that early afternoon flurry, was a first year Red-shouldered Hawk, our earliest record for this species since 2002. Non-raptor Observations: Purple Martin (13), Chimney Swift (6), Spotted Sandpiper (1), Eastern Wood Pewee (1), Baltimore Oriole (1), Warbling Vireo (1), Cedar Waxwing (7), American Goldfinch (27), Wood Duck (2), Great Blue Heron (2), Double-crested Cormorant (1500+) Predictions: There's a 70 percent chance of rain in the morning. The afternoon looks good, though, with partly cloudy skies and moderate north wind. ======================================================================== 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
