Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 278 60330 64552 Osprey 1 11 71 Bald Eagle 1 121 259 Northern Harrier 1 61 184 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 1130 2988 Cooper's Hawk 0 176 369 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 141 143 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 49627 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 4 Red-tailed Hawk 8 955 1254 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 0 182 679 Merlin 0 23 47 Peregrine Falcon 0 32 42 Unknown Accipiter 0 12 44 Unknown Buteo 0 7 12 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 11 23 Total: 296 63207 120310 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Don Sherwood Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Frank Kitakis, Jonathan Stein Weather: Overcast, mild temps and very strong southwest wind. Raptor Observations: A Red-tailed Hawk dangling jesses was observed. Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe (40+), Rusty Blackbird (120+), Wood Duck (6), American Wigeon (1), American Black Duck (1) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein (steinjj19@gmail.com) Detroit River Hawk Watch information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org