DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 28, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 0 257 35173 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 3 39 141 Northern Harrier 1 12 149 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 79 3593 Cooper's Hawk 0 45 294 Northern Goshawk 0 7 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 71 185 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 3 962 2502 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 18 Golden Eagle 2 36 89 American Kestrel 0 3 404 Merlin 0 3 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 23 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: 9 1529 78958 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Greg Norwood Observers: Visitors: Rodney Laura Jim Maki Terry Kowalczyk Jerry Brow Ron Harkness Gloria Harkness Tom Norwood Ilene Norwood Sister Marie Irene Sister Mary Dolores Weather: Wind was again from the west and picked up to over 10 mph on occasions, but typically only 5-7 mph. It was cloudy to mostly cloudy and a few very light snow flurries in the middle of the day. Raptor Observations: The highlight was two Golden Eagles at the one o'clock hour that passed directly overhead. Non-raptor Observations: There was a group of about 10 Black-crowned Night Herons in the adjacent channel. A Lapland Longspur flew over. Interestly, we noted about 5 Northern Flckers that passed over the count. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([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
