Date: 10/13/24 5:34 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [birders] Detroit River Hawk Watch (13 Oct 2024) 2 Raptors
Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1 24957 25890
Osprey 0 2 18
Bald Eagle 0 42 75
Northern Harrier 0 77 260
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 698 2835
Cooper's Hawk 0 14 53
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 19 19
Broad-winged Hawk 0 33 6781
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 0 203 258
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 98 377
Merlin 0 8 22
Peregrine Falcon 0 14 22
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 10
Unknown Buteo 0 6 19
Unknown Falcon 0 4 12
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 27

Total: 2 26186 36679
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours

Official Counter: Michael Patrikeev

Observers: Ben Sehl, Don Sherwood

Visitors:
We welcome visitors to our site by the boat launch in Lake Erie Metropark.
If you plan to visit us from October 14th - 17th, please note the count
site is only accessible by foot! The road and trail leading to the count
site will be closed just past the Marshlands Museum. Please park at the
museum, walk along the bike path, and take the second left on the Cherry
Island trail. This trail will lead you around to the count site. It is
comprised of pavement, boardwalk, and gravel and is about a .75 mile walk.
This closure is due to extensive tree work happening along the roadway. The
maintenance is scheduled to end October 17th, with road and parking access
restored the 18th. We will provide an update here if the schedule changes.

We have brochures and educational information we are happy to share. Let us
share our enthusiasm for migration and raptors with you! While we welcome
your questions and company, please know that our professional counter,
apprentices, and volunteers must communicate with each other frequently to
successfully conduct the count and they also must maintain an unobstructed
view of the horizon.


Weather:
It rained on and off all day; temperature steady at +12C (54F). Winds from
north-east, but today it did not help any. Sunday the thirteenth.

Raptor Observations:
We ended up counting ... two raptors. A Turkey Vulture, probably left
behind by its friends, and a very determined Sharp-shinned Hawk which
braved to fly in the rain! Resident Cooper's Hawks and Bald Eagles were
also around, but were not included in the count.

Non-raptor Observations:
A pair of Blue-winged Teal, one Common Loon and a Muskrat. No Blue Jays,
pelicans or Monarchs were seen today.

Predictions:
Some rain in the morning, but a mix of sun and cloud in the afternoon.
Northerly winds throughout the day. We expect that at least some raptors
(vultures, accipiters and buteos) will dry up and get ready to take off,
perhaps around noon.

Please remember that from October 14th through 17th, the count site will be
only accessible by foot!
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Report submitted by Erika Van Kirk (<erika_vankirk...>)
Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://www.detroitriverhawkwatch.org


More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285


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