DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 5 12 12
Osprey 4 5 5
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 8 20 20
Sharp-shinned Hawk 91 124 124
Cooper's Hawk 2 5 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 17 24 24
Red-tailed Hawk 10 13 13
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 2 2
Merlin 4 5 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
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: 142 210 210
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Greg Norwood, Seth Cutright
Observers: Dorthy McLeel, Greg Norwood, Jim Linch, Jim Maki,
Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura, Seth Cutright, Terry Angevine
Weather:
It was clear all day long. Wind was from the East most of the time. Some
times it was East-North-East, and then later it was East-South-East. It
went from 0-8MPH all day, with it mostly being around 5MPH. Cloud cover
was around 15% for most of the day also.
Raptor Observations:
A good flight of 91 Sharp-shinned Hawks went on. Most moved in the last 2
1/2 hours. 17 Broad-winged Hawks were also nice to see. 142 total raptors
were counted for the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Thursdays weather should be about like the first days weather. The flight
should be good I hope.
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Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([email protected])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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