Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 3 3 Osprey 3 14 14 Bald Eagle 2 20 20 Northern Harrier 1 68 68 Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 421 421 Cooper's Hawk 0 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 592 592 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 61 61 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 68 68 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 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: 35 1258 1258 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Mark Hainen, Rosemary Brady Visitors: We did have few visitors but those hardy souls were not treated to much activity. Weather: For those of you with triskaidekaphobia, you may have valid reasons for your fears. Not our finest hour today as a barometer that fell slowly at first but accelerated late foretold a slow day. In the end we cut it short when thunder came as a prelude to another deluge from the heavens, light show included. Raptor Observations: A few sharpies kept our faint hopes alive but they were so spaced out that it felt like a very barren day all the way through. One juvenile broad-winged did not get the memo and came by. We did see a handful of American kestrels and one peregrine for good measure. Only one harrier showed up in the morning hours. Non-raptor Observations: Not really much to see today as all the locals seemed to take it easy. We did observe a couple of killdeer early trying their best to make us record them as kestrels. Otherwise a slow day at the ranch. Predictions: Tomorrow shows more promise. The barometer should be rebounding during the day and the winds are going up to double digits but from the west. Not the ideal wind but I would think that buteos might move under those conditions. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Kevin Georg (kevin.l.georg@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