Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 1708 69638 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 3 53 325 Northern Harrier 2 22 221 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 49 3221 Cooper's Hawk 0 40 441 Northern Goshawk 0 1 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 146 517 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 832 3270 Rough-legged Hawk 1 15 35 Golden Eagle 0 51 64 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 3 52 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: 8 2934 128326 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Don Sherwood, Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Jonathan Stein Visitors: 4 Weather: Heavy cloud cover all day with a touch of mist limiting visibility toward the end of the day. Temperatures remained cool and the wind was mostly light out of the south, turning more southeast late. Raptor Observations: Activity was minimal. Another light morph Rough-legged Hawk crossed into the trees to our right late in the day. Non-raptor Observations: Tundra Swan (350+), Rusty Blackbird (40+), Red-winged Blackbird (250+), Bufflehead (15), Common Loon (3), Red-breasted Merganser (19), Cedar Waxwing (20+), Horned Lark (90+) ======================================================================== 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
