Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9394 18342 20831 Osprey 0 2 33 Bald Eagle 16 32 75 Northern Harrier 15 89 184 Sharp-shinned Hawk 121 864 2702 Cooper's Hawk 3 14 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 18 19 Broad-winged Hawk 7 287 10386 Swainson's Hawk 1 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 99 274 339 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 19 116 466 Merlin 2 17 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 30 54 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 1 2 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 3 Total: 9687 20093 35181 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa, Raburn Howland Visitors: thanks to everybody for all you help guys!!! Weather: heavy clouds early with clearing skies and then clouds moving in later with winds starting NW ending the day from the south Raptor Observations: 16 Bald Eagles one adult Golden Eagle and 1 Swainson's Hawk Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: more more more ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch ([email protected]) 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 [email protected] 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
