DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 2 2
Turkey Vulture 246 33284 34667
Osprey 2 29 140
Bald Eagle 0 36 100
Northern Harrier 4 50 137
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 1210 3502
Cooper's Hawk 3 121 241
Northern Goshawk 0 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 111 114
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 36216
Red-tailed Hawk 204 1385 1508
Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 8
Golden Eagle 9 38 38
American Kestrel 1 90 399
Merlin 0 5 16
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 18
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: 510 36396 77109
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.75 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Darlene Friedman, John Elliott, Raburn Howland,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Jim Maki
Pete Przbylski
Ron Harkness
Weather:
Sunny skies persisted throughout the day today with only a bit of high
con-trail generated cloud cover. Winds were light to moderate southwest to
south-southwest.
Raptor Observations:
A fair migration was recorded during the morning and early afternoon but
much of the flight was well to the north of the count area. Quite a steady
flow of Red-tails were seen from late morning until mid afternoon along
with another good showing for Golden Eagles. Interestingly, in addition to
a couple of migrants, a foraging Osprey was seen still lingering in the
area for part of the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Another small group of Sandhill Cranes (6) were seen today along with a
single Snow Bunting and a couple of Purple Finches. The early part of the
day saw a continuous flow of migrating blackbirds, mostly Red-wings and
Rustys.
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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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