Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 1778 69708 Osprey 0 0 71 Bald Eagle 1 77 349 Northern Harrier 0 28 227 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 55 3227 Cooper's Hawk 1 56 457 Northern Goshawk 0 2 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 152 523 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 49629 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 0 970 3408 Rough-legged Hawk 0 20 40 Golden Eagle 0 55 68 American Kestrel 0 0 681 Merlin 0 3 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 46 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 50 Unknown Buteo 0 8 30 Unknown Falcon 0 0 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 29 Total: 3 3215 128607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Frank Kitakis, Fred Kirn Visitors: Thanks to Fred Kirn and Frank Kitakis for all their help this season. Weather: Cold, overcast, hazy, southwest winds; pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday. Raptor Observations: Sssssslow Non-raptor Observations: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1), Gadwall (4), Northern Shoveler (4), Great Black-backed Gull (1) Predictions: Mostly cloudy, cold again and with strong north winds this time. Hopefully a wind shift gets a few birds up and moving. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein (steinjj19@gmail.com) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org