Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 2 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 14 14 14 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 6 6 6 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 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: 24 24 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Mark Hainen, Patrick Mulawa Visitors: We had some enthusiastic visitors today, some new to the craft and enjoying learning. It was a pleasure to teach some of the things we have learned to such a receptive audience. Weather: After getting rained out the first day, the weather was late summer-like with clear skies on a high barometer in the morning with clouds filling in and barometer slowly starting to fall in the afternoon hours. Winds tailed off during the day leaving humid weather with threatening looking clouds beginning to form. Change is on the way. Raptor Observations: We saw our first Broad-winged hawks today including a youngster that flew close by as the first of the season. A few Red-tailed hawks were seen. Eagles were seen all day but were deemed to be local birds as none of them flew with a purpose. Local osprey was noted too. Most of the migrating birds were seen relatively early and the late afternoon hours were left to the local birds. Non-raptor Observations: Labor Day brings out the boats and we were treated to quite the variety at the boat launch were we toil away. One vessel had twelve hundred HP hung on the transom and earned the respect of the gearheads in the crowd. In the sky, many gulls, swallows, and cormorants needed IDing to make sure they weren't raptors sneaking through. Predictions: Change is in the forecast tomorrow with late afternoon T-Storms and a plunging barometer. This sets up what looks to be a much better Wednesday with rising pressure and NE winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch (jerry.jour...@gmail.com) 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 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
