Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 108 108 Osprey 3 15 15 Bald Eagle 1 44 44 Northern Harrier 2 40 40 Sharp-shinned Hawk 198 320 320 Cooper's Hawk 2 24 24 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 17 115 115 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 69 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 50 50 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 2 4 4 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 230 802 802 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Fred Kirn Visitors: Double digit visitors today (12) including Carol Goodman from Ornicept and Joy Barron helping out with outreach. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. Weather: It was mostly cloudy overhead after an extended stretch of blue sky domination during recent outings. A touch of haze enshrouded Canada throughout, limiting visibility slightly. The wind was light and out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: Sharpie action was hot and heavy from the late morning on. By midday, they were pushing past by the barrelful, moving through in groups of twos, threes and fours. Besides the sharpies, not much else was up and active, though, and by the end of the day I was beginning to sound like a bit of a broken record. Non-raptor Observations: Sandhill Crane (2), Bobolink (60+), American Goldfinch (9), Chimney Swift (3), Bank Swallow (1), Blue-winged Teal(1), Wood Duck (5) Predictions: Overcast with light south wind in the morning and a 90 percent chance of severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org Site Description: The Detroit River Hawk Watch (a joint venture of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and its Friends group, the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance) is the Boat Launch at Lake Erie Metropark located approximately 20 miles south of Detroit, Michigan. The location is at the mouth of the Detroit River as it enters Lake Erie. Directions to site: Lake Erie Metropark: >From I-75, exit at Huron River Drive (exit 27). Continue east on Huron River Drive. Turn left on West Jefferson and proceed a few hundred yards to the entrance of Lake Erie Metropark. After paying the entrance fee, follow the signs to the Boat Launch. _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
