DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 1068 14422 15805 Osprey 4 13 124 Bald Eagle 2 17 81 Northern Harrier 0 17 104 Sharp-shinned Hawk 123 390 2682 Cooper's Hawk 13 50 170 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 7 10 Broad-winged Hawk 0 11 36210 Red-tailed Hawk 29 175 298 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 68 377 Merlin 0 1 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 12 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: 1241 15175 55888 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Jim Lynch Mary and Dennis Ron Harkness Pete Przybylski Weather: Fog and haze dominated the early part of the day with visibility much reduced until mid morning. Otherwise the day was clear and cloudless. Winds were light early becoming moderate to fairly strong by midday and varying from west to west-southwest. Raptor Observations: The flight overall was fairly light throughout the day, perhaps a bit surprising given the passage of a front the previous day. Sharpies moved quite consistently during the day but most of the vultures came by in a single hour in late morning and much of their flight overall was well to the north. Most birds were low, a function of the wind I should think and I had the impression that winds at elevation were probably much stronger than at the surface. Altogether Non-raptor Observations: Most entertaining today was the appearance of a couple of Praying Mantis, one of which was very photogenic posing nicely for quite some time under one of the picnic tables at the watch. ======================================================================== 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
