Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 149 375 1695
Osprey 1 2 20
Bald Eagle 6 9 63
Northern Harrier 3 8 231
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 125 2631
Cooper's Hawk 4 7 51
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 5 6
Broad-winged Hawk 16 47 17446
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 9 17 151
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 7 9 487
Merlin 0 2 20
Peregrine Falcon 4 6 10
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3
Unknown Buteo 1 1 10
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 11
Total: 242 613 22837
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Dustin Brewer
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa,
Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
We had a good mix of visitors today, including a maximum of ~10 people at
one time at around noon.
Weather:
After a brief, light rain this morning, a rainbow emerged to the west, and
then blue skies and fluffy clouds remained for the rest of the day. The
wind was very light all day (< 7 km/hr) and came from the west.
Raptor Observations:
There were no migrating raptors observed during the first two hours of the
count, probably due to bad weather over Canada. Between 9 and 10 we spotted
a few birds, including a Peregrine Falcon, and between 10-11 (a common time
for spotting the first soaring birds of the day) we began to see Turkey
Vultures. Though in low numbers, we had a good mix of species today, with
12 raptor species spotted (and 11 migrating - the Merlin that we spotted
has been hanging around the count site). We had several good views of
Peregrine Falcons, the kindred spirits of us bird bums (because peregrine
means 'having the tendency to wander' and many of us bird people are
wanderers).
Non-raptor Observations:
Once again, the main non-raptor migrants that we spotted today were Blue
Jays (1565+) Monarch butterflies (19+) and Red-winged Blackbirds (805+). We
also spotted several Mute Swans, sawing through the air (the wind
travelling over their wings is very noisy to us humans).
Predictions:
Weather.com says that tomorrow will likely be mostly sunny, with a low
chance of rain. Hopefully the good diversity that we saw today will
continue tomorrow, with the addition of higher numbers of each species.
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Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch ([email protected])
Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.drhawkwatch.org
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