Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1875 34650 38872 Osprey 0 8 68 Bald Eagle 2 99 237 Northern Harrier 4 43 166 Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 461 2319 Cooper's Hawk 6 134 327 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 57 59 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Red-tailed Hawk 34 408 707 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 173 670 Merlin 2 17 41 Peregrine Falcon 6 31 41 Unknown Accipiter 0 10 42 Unknown Buteo 0 6 11 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 8 20 Total: 1970 36110 93213 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Fred Kirn, John Elliott Visitors: 4 Weather: We oscillated between mostly clear and mostly cloudy skies, which provided a mostly helpful spotting background. Temperatures continued to be mild. The wind was moderate and out of the southwest. Raptor Observations: A slow morning turned into a livelier afternoon with peregrines aplenty and the addition of our first Rough-legged Hawk, a dark morph cooperative enough to cross high overhead. As is often the case, falcons found the southwest winds irresistible. American Kestrel returned to the count sheet. Two more Merlin were added. And the six peregrines tallied were a new single-day season high. Also: we have now eclipsed our previous Bald Eagle season high count and it's still only mid-October. Non-raptor Observations: Red-winged Blackbird (1500+), Horned Lark (3), House Finch (4), Yellow-rumpled Warbler (20+), Dark-eyed Junco (6) Predictions: Mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 50s, moderate west wind and a 60 percent chance of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ 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
