DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 2240 2604 3987
Osprey 1 6 117
Bald Eagle 4 8 72
Northern Harrier 3 7 94
Sharp-shinned Hawk 80 161 2453
Cooper's Hawk 5 11 131
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 4
Broad-winged Hawk 7 7 36206
Red-tailed Hawk 20 36 159
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 23 51 360
Merlin 0 1 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 2383 2894 43607
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Josh Haas
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Charlene Brennan, Darlene Friedman,
Jeff Schultz
Visitors:
Saul Hanft
Bob Pettit
Joan Tisdale
Pat Mulawa
Jim Maki
Don Sherwood
Frank Kitakis
Kara Haas
Ron and Gloria Harkness
Weather:
Mostly sunny skies prevailed throughout the day with late day cloud moving
in ahead of a system forecast to bring rain into the area overnight. Winds
were light north-northwest early in the day switching to light to moderate
from the east by late morning.
Raptor Observations:
The day was largely dominated by TVs as might be expected at this juncture
of the season. The flight was a bit slow in getting started with the light
and variable winds early in the day. Some large kettles were seen in late
morning but the flight of vultures after that point was fairly modest
especially compared to yesterdays late day movement with much of the
activity to the north of the count area.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was a bit of warbler variety around today including Nashville and
Black-throated Green along with a very cooperative Blue-headed Vireo.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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