Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2839 64413 Osprey 0 0 18 Bald Eagle 0 51 189 Northern Harrier 0 17 336 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 76 3467 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 100 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 140 306 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6785 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Red-tailed Hawk 0 898 1827 Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 18 Golden Eagle 0 72 116 American Kestrel 0 1 403 Merlin 0 2 25 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 31 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 17 Unknown Buteo 0 8 39 Unknown Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown Eagle 0 3 6 Unknown Raptor 0 1 29 Total: 0 4143 78140 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours Official Counter: Michael Patrikeev Observers: Visitors: 0 Weather: It rain heavily in the morning, and the count was cancelled. Rain turned to light fog before noon, but drizzle resumed ca. 14:20 hrs. Winds from the southwest at 11-14 km/hr (up to 8.5 mi/hr). Temperature up to +14C (57F). Raptor Observations: No raptors were seen today during a count attempt between noon and 14:30 hrs. Non-raptor Observations: One Great Egret, several Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls, Canada Geese and hybrid Mallards... and that was all. Predictions: A mix of sun and clouds, no rain and westerly winds are forecast for tomorrow. We expect that hawk migrating will resume, likely in late morning. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Erika Van Kirk (erika_vank...@fws.gov) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.detroitriverhawkwatch.org More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285 -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: birdnews@ontbirds.ca. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at birdn...@ofo.ca. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
