Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 79 307 307 Osprey 4 27 27 Bald Eagle 2 20 20 Northern Harrier 3 58 58 Sharp-shinned Hawk 135 987 987 Cooper's Hawk 1 15 15 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 333 9176 9176 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 22 22 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 17 182 182 Merlin 1 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 3 9 9 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 580 10821 10821 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Rosemary Brady Weather: South winds temp over 80's skies with cirrus Raptor Observations: 3 Peregrines 2 adult Bald Eagles BW's counted as the pass north of the site. thousand of BW's seen at Elizabeth Park Non-raptor Observations: 395 blue jays 108 Monarch seen yesterday and 357 Monarchs seen today Predictions: hot hazy skies ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch (jerry.jour...@gmail.com) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=285 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
