Migrating Hawks on Thursday

Jeff Johnson, back in West Michigan for awhile, phoned yesterday (October 4, 2018) with these numbers of migrating raptors after a couple hours on "Jeff's Dune"* at Muskegon State Park north of the Muskegon Channel: 

Turkey Vulture -  2  (counted as "raptors" by hawk-watchers)
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Osprey - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Unidentified Accipiter - 1  (either a sharpie or a Coop)
Unidentified Raptors - 3

Jeff noted that these numbers are unofficial.  The flight was very high on a mostly blue sky, so a few numbers are "best estimates".

He also observed many Blue Jays, three migrating Sandhill Cranes, three non-migrating Bald Eagles (2 adults, 1 immature), and one non-migrating Red-tailed Hawk.

*  The dune with the trail post northeast of the ranger station.  In the fall of 1998 Jeff conducted an actual hawk-watch from that location which was followed to a lesser degree in subsequent years by members of our club.  Those counts indicated that an east-wind element is not necessary for a raptor migration over Muskegon.  (I think some of the migrating raptors fly lower on an east wind and are thus easier to see.)  Yesterday during Jeff's count the wind was from the north.  - Ric