Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 496 1033 49241 Osprey 0 0 35 Bald Eagle 2 3 81 Northern Harrier 1 4 269 Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 37 3894 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 85 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 30 225 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 64336 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 31 112 970 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 1 1 5 American Kestrel 0 1 699 Merlin 0 0 31 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 48 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: 566 1226 119923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Rosemary Brady Visitors: Bill was here and finally got his golden eagle. Woo-hoo! David A. of Ann Arbor just missed this bird after being warned of its possible presence. Oh ye, of little faith. Weather: On a day that was book-ended by light rain, it was as if the cloud salesman opened his catalog and showed us one of each kind today. Constantly changing, interesting skies gave us plenty of landmarks to plot the flights of the birds that chose to make the trip. Barometer had done most of its falling during the dark early hours and stayed above 30" while falling a little during the watch. Winds were fairly brisk from the S and moving to the SW later on. Raptor Observations: Birds were moving today but not in numbers enough to make it difficult to keep up with them. 496 turkey vultures levitated along in the head-winds. 31 red-tails and 8 red-shoulders soared and dawdled along, seemingly in no hurry. 2 bald eagles made the count along with 1 harrier. 1 golden eagle made our day, and 1 peregrine falcon was observed. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of tree swallows have taken up residence in front of us. Enough to confuse the viewing at times. Our Forster's are still with us and today we increased our Bonaparte's numbers by 300% with three of them. Tundra swans were again on the move, whooping it up as they passed overhead. Lots of ducks of unknown heritage were observed out on the lake. Predictions: The barometer will peak about the time we start the watch and drop slightly throughout the day, but nothing of consequence. Winds will be predominantly from the W falling in strength during the day. Nothing really encouraging in the forecast so probably just another average day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Andrew Sturgess (ajyes72@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