DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 22 22 Osprey 0 6 6 Bald Eagle 0 3 3 Northern Harrier 0 20 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 245 245 Cooper's Hawk 9 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 14 47 47 Red-tailed Hawk 9 23 23 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 6 6 Merlin 0 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 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: 88 399 399 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Greg Norwood, Seth Cutright Observers: Frank Kitakis, John Elliott, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Weather: The weather was again just like the past few days, none to light at around 0-10MPH. Today was hazy visibility and around 5-65% cloud cover. Raptor Observations: This day was about like the first few days. It was steady but slow all day. Highlights were of 44 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 14 Broad-winged Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: A Spotted Sandpiper flew over a few times, and about 5 Bobolinks went over too. A good number of Monarch Butteries were going over too, just like the past few days. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
