DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 2 2
Turkey Vulture 9560 30480 31863
Osprey 2 21 132
Bald Eagle 4 26 90
Northern Harrier 2 38 125
Sharp-shinned Hawk 55 1053 3345
Cooper's Hawk 12 98 218
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 16 72 75
Broad-winged Hawk 1 17 36216
Red-tailed Hawk 232 717 840
Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3
Golden Eagle 4 8 8
American Kestrel 1 88 397
Merlin 0 5 16
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 16
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: 9889 32635 73348
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Charlene Brennan, Darlene Friedman, Raburn Howland,
Rick Nirschl
Visitors:
Saul Hanft
Jim Lynch
Jim Maki
Rodney, Ed and Hank Laura
Ron Harkness
Weather:
A mostly cloudy day early, conditions for much of the day were a mix of sun
and cloud with moderate west-northwest winds.
Raptor Observations:
Vultures were active over the Canadian shoreline even in the first hour of
the count with the migration steady and even heavy at times throughout the
day today with the overall tally for TVs being the highest so far this
season. Many groups were in the 4-500 bird range with a couple of the
bigger kettles approaching the thousand bird echelon. Red-tails also saw
their best mark so far this fall although I think we were expecting an even
higher total for this species today. Always crowd pleasers, four Golden
Eagles in all were seen today and a tardy adult Broad-wing was a bit of a
surprise. Almost all laggards for this species turn out to be juveniles.
Interestingly, an observer south of the count area is quite certain of
seeing another Black Vulture.
Non-raptor Observations:
Crow migration has kicked into gear it seems with perhaps a couple thousand
being noted mixed in with the vulture streams today.
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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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