Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 1
Turkey Vulture 546 69370 71776
Osprey 0 6 79
Bald Eagle 2 66 152
Northern Harrier 5 177 466
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2370 5285
Cooper's Hawk 1 141 195
Northern Goshawk 1 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 29 432 432
Broad-winged Hawk 0 256 72461
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Red-tailed Hawk 84 1420 1527
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 11 48 49
American Kestrel 0 170 812
Merlin 0 13 40
Peregrine Falcon 1 13 32
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 11
Unknown Buteo 1 20 25
Unknown Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Raptor 1 10 30
Total: 686 74519 153382
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Jonathan Stein
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Frank Kitakis,
Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
2
Weather:
So much for our run of pleasant conditions. Temperatures again hovered
around the mid 50s, but the sky turned gray today, overcast from start to
finish. And not only that, the wind picked up considerably, blustering out
of the east with little let-up.
Raptor Observations:
Outside a brief pulse of midday movement, the strong east wind did us few
favors. Red-tailed and Red-shouldered hawks kept on trucking, as did, most
notably, another double-digit showing of Golden Eagles. Unlike our two
previous outings, when all the Goldens pumped past after noon, they were up
earlier today, pushing through during a three hour stretch from late
morning to early afternoon. Amid all the buteos and eagles, though, there
was one bird in particular that grabbed everyone's attention: the season's
second Northern Goshawk. The gos came barreling at us from just over Three
Trees around noon, crossing directly overhead and eliciting a rapturous
reaction from the enthusiastic onlookers below.
Non-raptor Observations:
American Crow (40000+), Hermit Thrush (2), Red-breasted Merganser (5),
Pied-billed Grebe (2), Bonaparte's Gull (3), Forster's Tern (5), Common
Loon (1), Monarch (1)
Predictions:
Lots of rain and strong south wind.
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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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