Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6866 16432 20654 Osprey 0 6 66 Bald Eagle 5 72 210 Northern Harrier 10 29 152 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 242 2100 Cooper's Hawk 14 78 271 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 15 17 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Red-tailed Hawk 27 151 450 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 158 655 Merlin 0 13 37 Peregrine Falcon 0 13 23 Unknown Accipiter 2 5 37 Unknown Buteo 1 3 8 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 15 Total: 6963 17224 74327 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Raburn Howland Visitors: 4 Weather: A near carbon copy of yesterday: blue skies, warm sun and light east wind. Only morning fog and a light smear of clouds injected some variety. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures kept coming today. The fog burned off and the wind picked up by late morning sending a long stream of vultures slithering through the overhead sky. But an afternoon shift made for more difficult counting later, the flight line moving ever further away. Non-raptor Observations: Songbirds were again mostly absent. Blue Jays were moving throughout but again in small numbers. Two Black-crowned Night Herons, two Canvasbacks and one Common Loon were sighted. Monarchs (230+) continued to push southward. Predictions: More of the same. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein (steinjj19@gmail.com) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org Site Description: The Detroit River Hawk Watch (a joint venture of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and its Friends group, the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance) is the Boat Launch at Lake Erie Metropark located approximately 20 miles south of Detroit, Michigan. The location is at the mouth of the Detroit River as it enters Lake Erie. Directions to site: Lake Erie Metropark: >From I-75, exit at Huron River Drive (exit 27). Continue east on Huron River Drive. Turn left on West Jefferson and proceed a few hundred yards to the entrance of Lake Erie Metropark. After paying the entrance fee, follow the signs to the Boat Launch.