Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2031 38519 Osprey 0 0 23 Bald Eagle 1 14 138 Northern Harrier 0 31 368 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 103 4451 Cooper's Hawk 1 45 156 Northern Goshawk 0 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 129 441 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 17529 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1123 2862 Rough-legged Hawk 1 14 19 Golden Eagle 1 47 75 American Kestrel 0 4 551 Merlin 0 3 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 28 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 7 Unknown Buteo 0 6 62 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 3 Unknown Raptor 0 2 14 Total: 4 3558 65292 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Dustin Brewer Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, John Elliott, Rosemary Brady Visitors: We had a few visitors stop by for a few minutes today, though no one stayed long enough to spend time looking at the mostly empty sky. Weather: We had a record high temperature for this day in November, which was pleasant physically though a bit troubling mentally for one who worries about how climatic change will effect birds and other natural things. Barometric pressure was dropping all day, and the winds always had a southerly component. Raptor Observations: Today tied yesterday for having the fewest migratory raptors, with only four. We were all excited to see a relatively close Golden Eagle, which languidly progressed as if it was hunting. A juvenile Bald Eagle and a Cooper's Hawk were also spotted. In the last hour of the count, a Rough-legged Hawk flew directly overhead flying, strangely, to the northeast. It appears that raptors today did not feel the urge to move south. Hopefully that changes soon! Non-raptor Observations: We spotted a hunting Merlin, 13 American Crows, a Ruddy Duck, a Lesser Scaup, several Double-Crested Cormorants, and another (!) November Monarch butterfly. There were many ladybugs crawling around and on us today. Yellow maple leaves were, at times, falling like big flakes of snow in front of us, from a tree to our south. Predictions: The summer-like weather stops tomorrow. Temperatures will only reach the low forties, and rain will be somewhat likely to fall all day. Winds will be strong, at least 20 mph with a westerly component. These aren't favorable conditions to watch birds, for most people. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch ([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
