SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 263 3151 62557 Osprey 0 3 194 Bald Eagle 0 9 204 Northern Harrier 4 46 794 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 123 9862 Cooper's Hawk 22 138 645 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 35 458 882 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 314 3565 6269 Rough-legged Hawk 4 12 16 Golden Eagle 1 46 80 American Kestrel 0 2 1274 Merlin 0 1 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 64 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 650 7557 152466 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bruce Roberts, Don Sherwood, Richard Naber Visitors: Will Weber Joy Barron Ron and Gloria Harkness Pat Mulawa Bob Jacobs Cliff Tally Skip Zabel Weather: Today saw sunny but hazy conditions early in the day with the haze burning off gradually during the morning. Much of the remainder of the day was generally overcast but with extended sunny breaks. Winds were light and variable early becoming moderate east-northeast and remaining from the east during the afternoon. Raptor Observations: There was activity from the very beginning of the day today sparked by the early pick up in the wind. While the flight was steady in a general sense, the movement overall was in definite pulses with the flow of birds interrupted by lulls when few birds flew. Buteos continued to be the dominant movers but there was a perhaps surprisingly very good push of TVs today as well. The highlight for most of the folks at the watch though was the good if modest passage of Rough-legs, which have been in short supply this season. An added bonus was that 90% of the flight was overhead with a good number of the birds low as well. Non-raptor Observations: In addition to a fine raptor migration today was a very good Crow movement, one of the better ones of the season with many thousands seen heading southbound. Also of note were flyover Snow Bunting and Common Redpoll. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
