Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 233 1819 38307 Osprey 0 0 23 Bald Eagle 0 8 132 Northern Harrier 0 14 351 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 78 4426 Cooper's Hawk 3 30 141 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 115 427 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 17529 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 72 866 2605 Rough-legged Hawk 0 7 12 Golden Eagle 4 38 66 American Kestrel 0 4 551 Merlin 0 2 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 28 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 6 Unknown Buteo 0 6 62 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 3 Unknown Raptor 0 1 13 Total: 322 2992 64726 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dustin Brewer Observers: Andrew Sturgess, John Elliott Visitors: No visitors today. Weather: A brisk north wind this morning, coupled with cool temperatures, made one yearn for the warmth of a fire. Barometric pressure rose until 11, and then dropped afterwards. Cloud cover dropped as the day progressed, which helped to warm us up. Raptor Observations: Today, we thought, had the potential to be a very good day to see raptors, given the wind conditions and the bad weather yesterday. However, numbers of birds counted weren't especially high. We had a slow trickle of Red-tailed Hawks, several small streams of TVs, and 4 Golden Eagles, as well as a several Accipiters and Red-shouldered Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Yet another late-in-the-year-Monarch Butterfly was spotted, as well as only 10 American Crows, about 75 Canada Geese, and 3 Tundra Swans. Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be sunny with strong southwest winds, which might push raptors out of our sight. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
