Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 3 1694 69624 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 1 49 321 Northern Harrier 4 18 217 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 44 3216 Cooper's Hawk 3 40 441 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 145 516 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 7 827 3265 Rough-legged Hawk 1 13 33 Golden Eagle 0 51 64 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 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 0 2 27 Total: 22 2898 128290 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 1 Weather: Clear skies, cool temps and strong south wind all day today. Raptor Observations: The south wind was unkind. Not much was moving. Nice looks at a handful of male harriers and another light morph Roughleg were the highlights. Non-raptor Observations: Horned Grebe (1), Red-breasted Merganser (1), Common Loon (2), Common Goldeneye (3), Bufflehead (10+), Ruddy Duck (15+), Horned Lark (12), Snow Bunting (25+), American Goldfinch (45+), American Robin (30+) Predictions: Partly cloudy with highs in the low 50s and moderate 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
