From yesterday's Detroit River Hawk Watch:

"Our best day so far with 290 birds and ten different species.

The broad-wings led the way with ninety-seven, although the biggest kettle we saw was thirteen birds.

Most were flying at nosebleed heights, as they are wont to do."

https://hawkcount.org/day_summary.php?rsite=285&ryear=2023&rmonth=09&rday=09

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A slow day at the Detroit River Hawk Watch at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township.

Not a lot of variety; Turkey Vultures are the most reported species so far.

https://dunkadoo.org/explore/detroit-river-international-wildlife-refuge/detroit-river-hawk-watch-fall-2023

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It's started!

New reporting makes it so much easier to read.

Detroit River Hawk Watch Fall 2023 kicked off this morning at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township, Michigan.

https://dunkadoo.org/explore/detroit-river-international-wildlife-refuge/detroit-river-hawk-watch-fall-2023

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Another year has passed since we lost our young colleague to Covid-19. We miss him very much but are grateful to be able to honor his memory through a #hawkwatch raptor monitoring station in his name. #Nicaragua #pasopacifico

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It's not flattering angle for a fearsome bird.

I think this one might have been a sharpie in a can.

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A Coopers Hawk trying to act fierce after being banded, placed in a can, and then shown off before being let back into the air earlier this year at Goshute Mountains Hawkwatch.

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A picture I took of a newly banded sharp-shinned hawk being released earlier this year at the Goshute Hawkwatch.
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A picture of a sharp-shinned hawk just recently removed from a can after banding at the Goshute Hawkwatch I took earlier this year.

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