Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1802 21443 25665 Osprey 0 7 67 Bald Eagle 5 81 219 Northern Harrier 0 32 155 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 317 2175 Cooper's Hawk 7 97 290 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 42 44 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 3 Red-tailed Hawk 37 234 533 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 166 663 Merlin 0 13 37 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 27 Unknown Accipiter 0 7 39 Unknown Buteo 0 6 11 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 6 18 Total: 1897 22472 79575 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Don Sherwood Observers: John Elliott, Patrick Mulawa Weather: Mostly clear skies, mild temps, morning fog and light east wind. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures and buteos continued to dominate the count totals. Red-shouldered Hawks in particular remained active movers. Non-raptor Observations: Bonaparte's Gull (7), Cedar Waxwing (8) ======================================================================== 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
