Detroit River Hawk Watch
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 2049 26195 27711
Osprey 0 8 35
Bald Eagle 1 18 35
Northern Harrier 4 87 217
Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 1866 3493
Cooper's Hawk 2 24 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 11
Broad-winged Hawk 0 278 47194
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Red-tailed Hawk 9 212 348
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 2
American Kestrel 2 231 951
Merlin 2 16 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 2137 28977 80144
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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, Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa,
Rosemary Brady
Weather:
light rain in the morning with skies clearing during the day with winds out
of the WSW
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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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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