Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 41 3932 5448
Osprey 0 6 33
Bald Eagle 2 5 22
Northern Harrier 2 43 173
Sharp-shinned Hawk 56 391 2018
Cooper's Hawk 1 8 31
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 129 47045
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1 18 154
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 49 769
Merlin 0 6 26
Peregrine Falcon 1 14 41
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
Unknown Falcon 1 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 4
Total: 110 4608 55775
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Georg
Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa,
Rosemary Brady
Weather:
Heavy fog delayed the count. Fog lifted during the day
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
no groups of blue jays
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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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