Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 33 33 33 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 5 10 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 11 11 Cooper's Hawk 2 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 37 37 37 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 12 23 23 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 24 24 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 116 141 141 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Greg Norwood Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Frank Kitakis Weather: Another lovely Michigan day that spoke of fall to come. Mostly blue skies with a fresh wind from the NE all day. Temps in the seventies, and with the breeze, a cool feel to the day. Raptor Observations: The broadwings are coming! The broadwings are coming! That seemed to be the order of the day as single birds, then later small lines of juvenile Broad-winged Hawks gave hints of things to come. American Kestrels were moving today as well. Turkey Vultures gave the impression that they were on the move too rather than just riding the winds. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow looks to be more of the same with clear skies and slightly decreased winds turning from North to East. ======================================================================== 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 (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
