Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 41 1691 69621 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 2 48 320 Northern Harrier 4 14 213 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 41 3213 Cooper's Hawk 0 37 438 Northern Goshawk 1 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 145 516 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 13 820 3258 Rough-legged Hawk 2 12 32 Golden Eagle 2 51 64 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 1 2 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 50 Unknown Buteo 0 5 27 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 2 27 Total: 71 2876 128268 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess Visitors: 2 Weather: Temperatures continued to hover just above freezing but mostly clear skies and lighter southwest wind made for a more pleasant outing than yesterday. Raptor Observations: Not big numbers but lots of variety and some definite highlights to keep us engaged throughout. We got great looks at our second Northern Goshawk of the season, a sneaky Merlin, two more Golden Eagles and, most memorably, a Gray Ghost that crossed low overhead. Non-raptor Observations: Horned Lark (20+), Common Loon (1), American Black Duck (1) Predictions: Partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s and strong southwest wind. ======================================================================== 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
