Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3218 7240 9729 Osprey 0 2 33 Bald Eagle 0 13 56 Northern Harrier 4 55 150 Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 570 2408 Cooper's Hawk 3 9 31 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 8 9 Broad-winged Hawk 24 279 10378 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Red-tailed Hawk 68 165 230 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 2 2 2 American Kestrel 4 89 439 Merlin 0 15 43 Peregrine Falcon 0 29 53 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 3 Total: 3357 8479 23567 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Don Sherwood, Frank Kitakis, Rosemary Brady Visitors: THANKS to everybody who help spotting today Weather: heavy clouds in the morning with north-north-east winds Raptor Observations: TWO young Golden Eagles ONE Swainson's Hawk Non-raptor Observations: 4120 Blue Jays Predictions: rain ======================================================================== Report submitted by Detroit River Hawk Watch (jerry.jourdan@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