DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 31 31 Osprey 1 13 13 Bald Eagle 0 6 6 Northern Harrier 2 25 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk 61 432 432 Cooper's Hawk 0 28 28 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 25 112 112 Red-tailed Hawk 1 30 30 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 13 13 Merlin 0 13 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 92 704 704 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Don Sherwood, Patrick Mulawa, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 15 or so birders and visitors stopped by. Weather: Wind was around 5-10MPH most of the day. It was from the West-North-West most of the time. Visibility was clear to clear-hazy. Cloud cover was at or near 100% all day. Rain was in the area most of the day, and Thunder could be heard in the late afternoon. Raptor Observations: 61 Sharp-shinned Hawks went by most in just three hours. Then 25 Broad-winged Hawks with one kettle of 11. Non-raptor Observations: Many American Robins were seen by the count area early in the day, along with a number of warblers going over. Lots of Ring-billed and American Herring Gulls were also flying over all day. Predictions: I would guess that it will be about like today. If it does not rain but have a chance to rain then should be about the same. Thunder moved in to the area by the afternoon today. About and hour or two before that got to the area, was the best time for birds to move a head of it. Likely the same thing will happen Tuesdays if it is not going to rain. Weather is calling for chances of rain Tuesday and all week. So some birds might move a head of any rain or storms that come by. ======================================================================== 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/
