Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 343 343 Osprey 1 29 29 Bald Eagle 1 29 29 Northern Harrier 5 73 73 Sharp-shinned Hawk 150 1532 1532 Cooper's Hawk 2 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 9762 9762 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 28 28 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 215 215 Merlin 1 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 4 16 16 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 170 12067 12067 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: Andrew Sturgess, Frank Kitakis, Rosemary Brady Weather: SW winds in the morning switching to SE later in the day with blue skies again Raptor Observations: 4 Peregrines today all adults Non-raptor Observations: 103 Monarchs ======================================================================== 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