Red-tailed Hawks - 30 Oct 2022
Robin and I were in Chicago Friday and Saturday. As usual, Justin Labadie found a flock of Evening Grosbeaks in his yard while I was out of town. Last time I was out of town he had found North America's first Common Redshank. So, when I got home Sunday morning the first thing I did was build a platform feeder; unlike Justin I did not have Evening Grosbeaks.
I did want to go birding first thing Sunday morning, but a dense fog suspended Hawk Watch at Detroit River. So, I spent a few minutes photographing our resident Eastern Screech Owl that had poked its head out at 8 am.
Brownton Abbey, 26340 Higgins Way, Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 30, 2022 8:00 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: Fog
1 species
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) 1
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Oct 30, 2022 8:00 AM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: Fog
1 species
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) 1
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By noon the fog had lifted and skies had cleared. I headed down to Lake Erie Metropark just in time to catch a Golden Eagle make its last circle over the channel north of the hawk watch site. Brian Beauchene had his scope on it so I managed to get my bins on it for fraction before it moved out of view.
For the next half hour or so a steady stream of Red-tailed Hawks moved overhead as clouds moved in. They were deeply backlit so I had to settle on silhouette photos, but a few came out.
The action suddenly stopped when the winds shifted to a more southerly direction. With little to no birds moving we turned attention to a small flock of Bonaparte's Gulls that flew into the area from Lake Erie.
I headed home around 3:30 pm just in time to listen to the Lions lose. Again.
Lake Erie Metropark, Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 30, 2022 12:00 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: Detroit River Hawk Watch
3 species
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 6
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 12
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Oct 30, 2022 12:00 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: Detroit River Hawk Watch
3 species
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 6
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 12
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
