DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 2157 17677 19060 Osprey 1 15 126 Bald Eagle 1 20 84 Northern Harrier 4 27 114 Sharp-shinned Hawk 49 525 2817 Cooper's Hawk 10 64 184 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 15 35 38 Broad-winged Hawk 4 15 36214 Red-tailed Hawk 72 360 483 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 6 79 388 Merlin 0 2 13 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 14 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: 2322 18827 59540 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Brennan, Chuck Owens, Don Sherwood, Rodney Laura Visitors: Joy Barron Saul Hanft Jim Lynch Ron and Gloria Harkness Bob Jacobs Weather: Sunny skies were the order of the day again today with a bit of high cloud cover as a good background. Winds were light east-southeast early becoming light to moderate southeast by mid morning. Raptor Observations: The flight today was decent on the whole, perhaps a bit better than anticipated even. Migration was steady throughout the day if not heavy with some excellent views of birds overhead despite much of the flight being to the north. Highlighting the movement overall today was the first Golden Eagle of the fall, a juvenile bird as might be expected this early in October that flew more or less overhead during the 11-noon hour of the count. Non-raptor Observations: A couple of less common passerines were noted among the abundant Yellow-rumps, kinglets, robins and such today, namely Blue-headed Vireo and Indigo Bunting. The most common diurnal passerine migrants continue to be Blue Jay and Tree Swallow although there has been an increase in the number of blackbirds migrating in recent days as well. ======================================================================== 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
