Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 2 1505 69435 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 3 24 296 Northern Harrier 1 7 206 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 26 3198 Cooper's Hawk 2 28 429 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 125 496 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 27 715 3153 Rough-legged Hawk 1 10 30 Golden Eagle 0 36 49 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 0 49 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 44 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 50 Unknown Buteo 0 4 26 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 25 Total: 42 2485 127877 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Andrew Sturgess Observers: Don Sherwood, Greg Norwood Visitors: 4 Weather: Heavy cloud cover, cool temps and strong west wind throughout. Raptor Observations: Another Rough-legged Hawk! Non-raptor Observations: Waterfowl numbers continue to build out over the lake, diving ducks especially. Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck and Bufflehead can be seen in good numbers right now by the Wave Pool. Two Common Loons flew by in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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
