Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 234 1831 50039 Osprey 0 0 35 Bald Eagle 1 8 86 Northern Harrier 3 7 272 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 96 3953 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 86 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 72 267 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 64336 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 38 242 1100 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 1 4 8 American Kestrel 1 3 701 Merlin 0 0 31 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 49 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: 318 2270 120967 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Mark Hainen, Rosemary Brady Visitors: We did have a few hardy visitors today. Johannes came to visit for the afternoon hours. We did not have much to show but we always enjoy the pleasure of our visitors company. Weather: The wind finally moved out of the southern quadrant but not too far. It blew with gusto from the W but possibly with too much enthusiasm for our site. I have a feeling that birds were pushed beyond our reach to the N by the winds. A lovely to look at sky for most of the day with lots of cumulus clouds with a deep blue backdrop to set them off. Barometer stayed steady just under 30.2" all day. Raptor Observations: The turkey vulture numbers seem to be tapering off in November as a trickle throughout the day reached a total of 234 birds. 38 red-tails and 5 red-shoulders made up the buteo contingent but I think we probably missed some of these birds with the strong winds. 34 sharp-shins braved the winds and we can only hope they took their dramamine as they had some wild rides. 1 Cooper's hawk was also noted. For eagles, we had 1 of each, a bald and a golden. 1 kestrel also showed up. Non-raptor Observations: The tree swallows moved their base of operations to another part of the lake today. Common loons were noted out on the lake. A lone sandhill crane flew by. Bonaparte's gulls and Forster's terns were seen helping to control the minnow population. Predictions: Back to the S tomorrow with winds of diminished intensity. Barometer is still high. Cloud cover will be increasing as rain and snow are possible later. This should pass in the night though and I think Thursday and Friday with northern winds will offer better conditions than tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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