Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 10238 28580 31069 Osprey 0 2 33 Bald Eagle 0 32 75 Northern Harrier 7 96 191 Sharp-shinned Hawk 160 1024 2862 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 38 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 21 22 Broad-winged Hawk 4 291 10390 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 61 335 400 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 25 141 491 Merlin 2 19 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 30 54 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 3 Total: 10502 30595 45683 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Don Sherwood, Frank Kitakis, Rosemary Brady Weather: mostly sunny skies in the morning with cirrus clouds moving in the afternoon with SW winds Raptor Observations: Good flight of TV Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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
