Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 82 476 476
Osprey 0 62 62
Bald Eagle 9 72 72
Northern Harrier 13 213 213
Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 1841 1841
Cooper's Hawk 2 33 33
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 20145 41253 41253
Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 13 77 77
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 64 546 546
Merlin 0 19 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 15 15
Total: 20491 44623 44623
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 10.5 hours
Official Counter: Jonathan Stein
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Greg Smith, Joan Tisdale,
Patrick Mulawa, Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
80+
Weather:
Clear early, clouds quickly crept into view, leaving us with a shifting
mixture of blue skies, puffy white clouds and high cirrus for the rest of
the day. Temperatures rose as the day wore on, topping out in the low 70s.
The sun, mild in the morning, began to bear down on us in the afternoon.
The wind was light to moderate and out of the northeast and east.
Raptor Observations:
After a week-long layoff, Broad-winged Hawks triumphantly returned to the
count sheet today. The last three hours of the count featured stream after
stream, at first crossing far out over the lake, then creeping closer and
closer, until, by early evening, they were streaming out high overhead.
Sharp-shinned Hawks and American Kestrels mixed in, particularly late in
the day, and Northern Harrier continued their strong start to the season.
Lastly, our first Swainson's Hawk of the season wandered by, hidden among
an early afternoon broadwing stream.
Non-raptor Observations:
Red-headed Woodpecker (1), Blue Jay (1100+), Cedar Waxwing (20+),
Red-winged Blackbird (25+), Black Saddlebags (5), Common Green Darner (21),
Monarch (156)
Predictions:
Similar to today: partly cloudy skies with mild temps and moderate wind out
of the northeast and east. Should be another good day.
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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.
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