Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1082 38298 42520 Osprey 0 8 68 Bald Eagle 1 105 243 Northern Harrier 0 49 172 Sharp-shinned Hawk 94 682 2540 Cooper's Hawk 4 144 337 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 68 70 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 503 802 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 177 674 Merlin 1 21 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 31 41 Unknown Accipiter 0 10 42 Unknown Buteo 0 6 11 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 8 20 Total: 1184 40116 97219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Jonathan Stein Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Patrick Mulawa Visitors: 0 Weather: Gray and gloomy from the start, rain held off until the afternoon. The wind was light and out of the west. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned Hawks and Turkey Vultures were up and moving. Not much else was, though. Non-raptor Observations: American Crow (220+), Common Loon (1), Red-winged Blackbird (60+), Blue Jay (30+), Pied-billed Grebe (8) Predictions: Partly cloudy with cool temps, moderate west wind and a slight chance of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
