Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6913 24146 25662 Osprey 0 8 35 Bald Eagle 7 17 34 Northern Harrier 10 83 213 Sharp-shinned Hawk 187 1798 3425 Cooper's Hawk 2 22 45 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 10 11 Broad-winged Hawk 25 278 47194 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Red-tailed Hawk 95 203 339 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 2 2 American Kestrel 19 229 949 Merlin 3 14 34 Peregrine Falcon 3 25 52 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 3 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 4 Total: 7272 26840 78007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa, Rosemary Brady Weather: sunny skies in the morning with increasing skies in the afternoon with winds starting out of the WSW and ending the day from the ESE Raptor Observations: TWO Golden Eagles early in the day, 3 Peregrine Non-raptor Observations: 1480 Blue Jays and 73 Monarchs ======================================================================== 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