DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 2
Turkey Vulture 132 132 35048
Osprey 0 0 140
Bald Eagle 3 3 105
Northern Harrier 0 0 137
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 8 3522
Cooper's Hawk 3 3 252
Northern Goshawk 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 11 11 125
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216
Red-tailed Hawk 225 225 1765
Rough-legged Hawk 5 5 13
Golden Eagle 8 8 61
American Kestrel 1 1 402
Merlin 1 1 17
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 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: 398 398 77827
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Josh Haas
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Darlene Friedman, Don Sherwood,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Saul Hanft
Kara Haas
Ron and Gloria Harkness
Joy Barron
Paul Cypher
John Lowry
Tom Fountain
Weather:
Today saw a mix of sun and cloud with heavier cloud cover moving into the
area during the afternoon as a warm front approached from the west, a
system forecast to bring rain into the area overnight and into tomorrow. A
few sprinkles were felt during the afternoon. Winds were moderate to fairly
strong east becoming south-southeast by midday.
Raptor Observations:
There was considerable movement early in the day that continued even with
the advancing cloud cover, tapering off rather quickly by mid afternoon. As
yesterday, much of the activity was in the form of Red-tails but
highlighted by a pulse of Golden Eagles and Rough-legs early in the day as
well as a high-flying Northern Goshawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
It was a fairly quiet day as far as non-raptor migration but a few Tree
Swallows were notedÂ…still looking for that first Cave.
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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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