Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jerry Jourdan (jerry.jourdan@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