Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 109 585 585
Osprey 0 62 62
Bald Eagle 2 74 74
Northern Harrier 6 219 219
Sharp-shinned Hawk 137 1978 1978
Cooper's Hawk 0 33 33
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 14462 55715 55715
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6 83 83
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 18 564 564
Merlin 0 19 19
Peregrine Falcon 3 9 9
Unknown Accipiter 2 6 6
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 16 16
Total: 14746 59369 59369
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 11 hours
Official Counter: Jonathan Stein
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Greg Smith, Joan Tisdale,
Patrick Mulawa, Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
35+
Weather:
Only a few stray puffy white clouds stood between us and a start-to-finish
blue sky. Pleasant throughout, temperatures hovered around the low 70s for
most of the day. The wind was moderate and out of the east.
Raptor Observations:
Broad-winged Hawks kept on coming into the evening hours, frequently
amassing in awe-inspiring aggregations and streaming out high over the
stacks. But out of the many thousands of broadwings counted today, one in
particular caught everyone's attention during the 11 o'clock hour. Embedded
among a small overhead stream was a rare-in-the-East dark morph broadwing
struggling to blend in with the many light morphs arrayed around him. As
for other species, Sharp-shinned Hawks started the day strong but petered
out in the afternoon and Peregrine Falcons put on quite the show, blasting
by low and close during the late morning.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jay (4000+), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5), Black Saddlebags (9),
Common Green Darner (8), Monarch (208),
Predictions:
Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 70s and light east wind.
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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.
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