Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 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 1783 25555 26046
Osprey 2 5 35
Bald Eagle 0 7 58
Northern Harrier 1 38 212
Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 846 2924
Cooper's Hawk 3 39 50
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 30 30
Broad-winged Hawk 0 538 64336
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 24 154 269
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 3 70 643
Merlin 0 3 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 18 33
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: 1840 27304 94657
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Georg
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Patrick Mulawa, Raburn Howland,
Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
Bill and Michelle from Plymouth came and enjoyed the show. Our other
visitors did get to see some vultures on the move but a lot of the other
raptors were high and outside.
Weather:
Deja vu all over again. Very similar conditions for three days in a row
although today there was a little wispy cloud cover to break up the
monochromatic blue sky. Winds started lightly again but built up over the
course of the day and were ultimately fairly fresh since the fetch off the
lake did not impede them at our lakeside location.
Raptor Observations:
A slightly slower day overall with over 1700 turkey vultures spread out
throughout the afternoon. Red-tails (24) were zipping through on the winds
in long glides with very little flapping for thrust. 7 red-shoulders
rounded out the buteos with no broad-wings today. Sharpies were off with
only 17, Cooper's numbered 3. Our 3 kestrels came late in the day. One
harrier was counted and 2 osprey.
Non-raptor Observations:
Probably the highlight of the day was a first year bald eagle that flew by
and seemed to be practicing his inversion moves for talon grabs, or he was
crazy. Monarchs are still moving in moderate numbers. Blue jays were not
seen in big numbers but the blue skies might be masking their movements.
Predictions:
Tomorrow will bring change as rain is coming. Depending on the timing we
may see some movement in the morning hours before the barometer starts to
fall. Clouds will be present early if the forecast is correct and rain may
arrive in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Jerry Jourdan (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
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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