Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 1785 69715 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 0 77 349 Northern Harrier 1 33 232 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 57 3229 Cooper's Hawk 2 59 460 Northern Goshawk 0 2 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 160 531 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 31 1016 3454 Rough-legged Hawk 2 23 43 Golden Eagle 1 56 69 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 3 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 50 Unknown Buteo 0 8 30 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 29 Total: 45 3290 128682 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess Visitors: I'd like to extend my thanks to John Elliott for all his help throughout the fall. Thanks John. Weather: Picture perfect weather today: mostly sunny skies, light variable wind and cool temps. Raptor Observations: A highly enjoyable late November flight. Red-tailed and Red-shouldered hawks made their biggest push in more than a week, moving through in twos and threes during the early afternoon. And a couple more great looks at light morph Rough-legged Hawks enlivened the proceedings. But the best bird of the day was the last bird of the day: an adult Golden Eagle effortlessly pumping past, lit up beautifully by the late afternoon sun. Non-raptor Observations: Tundra Swan (30+), Black-crowned Night Heron (1) Predictions: Partly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s and moderate south 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
