Detroit River Hawk Watch Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3586 38115 40604 Osprey 0 3 34 Bald Eagle 22 74 117 Northern Harrier 8 159 254 Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 1831 3669 Cooper's Hawk 1 28 50 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 16 44 45 Broad-winged Hawk 0 293 10392 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 126 588 653 Rough-legged Hawk 6 6 6 Golden Eagle 2 9 9 American Kestrel 8 178 528 Merlin 0 22 50 Peregrine Falcon 0 32 56 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 2 2 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 3 Total: 3866 41387 56475 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Kevin Georg Observers: John Elliott, Patrick Mulawa, Raburn Howland Weather: cirrus clouds building thru out the day Raptor Observations: 2 immature Golden Eagle 6 Rough-legged Hawks 22 Bald Eagles Non-raptor Observations: 14 Monarch,1830 crows, 65 Blue Jays ======================================================================== 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