Welcome September - 01 Sep 2026
Today is the start of the 2026 Detroit River Hawk Watch Season. We welcome new counter Gracie Sangmeister and interns Rebekah Graham and Bella Maiwurm! My plan was to run down to hawk watch and introduce myself to the team and hopefully catch up w/ the rest of the team. But first, I'd take a walk at Lake Erie Metropark to look for warblers. I arrived at about 8:30 am and headed out onto the trails behind the Marshland Museum. Skies were clear but it was humid and 80ºF with temps reaching 90ºF by day's end. The woods were quiet so this female Green Darner was a welcome find. I walked the Trapper's Run trail in a clockwise direction starting from the west trailhead. A few Caspian Terns were flying over the marsh to the west while this Eastern Kingbird perched atop a snag at the north end of the trail. I'd hear a Pileated Woodpecker calling from the north end of the marsh but couldn't locate it (it would be photographed on the 3rd, though). Walking along the eas...
