Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 105 3299 51507
Osprey 0 0 35
Bald Eagle 0 9 87
Northern Harrier 2 21 286
Sharp-shinned Hawk 22 167 4024
Cooper's Hawk 14 22 105
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 65 200 395
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 64336
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 112 884 1742
Rough-legged Hawk 2 5 6
Golden Eagle 1 12 16
American Kestrel 1 4 702
Merlin 0 1 32
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 51
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 324 4629 123326
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Georg
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Raburn Howland,
Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
We had some visitors today, Some regulars like Bill and Michelle and some
casual visitors that were lucky to see a few birds flying low over the
site. Always a pleasure when those that do not have binoculars can see the
birds naked eye and believe that we are not pulling their leg.
Weather:
A day that started with overcast skies grew progressively darker through
the early afternoon hours until the threatening look turned into reality
with light rain shortening our day. The winds stated WSW and moved around
the compass to what looked like NW at end of day. The barometer, despite
the ugly look and close proximity of the leaden overcast sky was very
stable at 30". A book that could not be judged by its cover indeed.
Raptor Observations:
A relatively slow start to the day actually turned out to have a lot of
buteos on the move arriving in groups of nearly double digits at times. The
turkey vultures could not even top the list today with 105 birds. The
red-tails took the crown with 112, well done buteo jamaicensis!
Red-shoulders came in with very respectable 65 souls. Our buteo list was
completed with 2 rough-legged hawks of the light morph persuasion. The
sharp-shins are still the most reliable bird throughout the season coming
in with 22 birds and the Cooper's hawks made a strong move with 14 birds. 1
kestrel and 2 harriers were noted and last, but certainly not least,
another golden eagle was notched on the belt.
Non-raptor Observations:
A slow day in the (Other) department as it was very cloudy and dark day. It
was not the best day for observing birds under those conditions but we
soldiered on.
Predictions:
Well, the barometer looks good and the wind is from the north but....and
this is a big but, we have a winter weather advisory and, depending on
which forecast you believe, 3-5 inches of the white stuff is expected. I am
predicting snow geese and snow buntings tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Andrew Sturgess ([email protected])
Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.detroitriverhawkwatch.org
More site information at hawkcount.org:
http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285
Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at:
https://dunkadoo.org/explore/detroit-river-international-wildlife-refuge/detroit-river-hawk-watch-fall-2019
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