Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 25555 26046 Osprey 0 5 35 Bald Eagle 0 7 58 Northern Harrier 0 38 212 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 848 2926 Cooper's Hawk 0 39 50 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 30 30 Broad-winged Hawk 0 538 64336 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 154 269 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 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: 2 27306 94659 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, John Elliot, Mark Hainan, Rosemary Brady Visitors: Yes we had visitors but not anything to show them. We did talk with them since they were relatively new to the site and we didn't want them thinking that all days were like this. They will be back. Weather: Just waiting for the rain to start was the vibe today. I think three days of carbon copy weather was enough for all. Change will bring more birds on the backside of it. the barometer was slowly falling today but the eastern wind persisted. A cool wind on a partly sunny day at the beginning going to a full heavy overcast layer by the early end. Raptor Observations: Two sharpies! I think we had worked that vein of easterly winds for three days and it was mined out. This system arrived a little earlier than predicted and we were too close to the bad weather to get any flight this morning. The system will need to clear our area. Non-raptor Observations: Our resident adult bald eagles had flight displays close to us again today. Great fun to watch these acrobatic birds slice and dice. Predictions: Tomorrow looks to be a very good day. If you look at midnight to 0800. Winds would have a little north to them and a rising barometer. From that point on however, not so good as the winds go more WSW and SW is not our best wind. ======================================================================== 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