Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 61 61
Osprey 4 15 15
Bald Eagle 0 7 7
Northern Harrier 5 67 67
Sharp-shinned Hawk 104 814 814
Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 475 8118 8118
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 69
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 15 336 336
Merlin 0 11 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 604 9512 9512
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Georg
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Mark Hainen, Patrick Mulawa,
Rosemary Brady
Weather:
winds from the East ending the day coming from the South
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
over 2000+ blue jays with just 55 monarchs
Predictions:
another warm day with winds stating from the North
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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
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