DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 31 31 Osprey 4 17 17 Bald Eagle 0 7 7 Northern Harrier 2 28 28 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 492 492 Cooper's Hawk 0 30 30 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 61 184 184 Red-tailed Hawk 1 32 32 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 16 16 Merlin 1 14 14 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: 126 852 852 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura, Terry Angevine Weather: Today the visibility was hazy for most of the day, and most likely kept the flight slow. Wind was about 5-10 MPH most of the day, and from the East-North-East also. Cloud cover went from 40% to 95% late in the day. Raptor Observations: By the last three hours or so the flight was very high. The 11-12 hour was the best hour with a total of 65. 43 of those were Broad-winged Hawks. Sharp-shinned Hawks had a total of 18 for that same hour. Non-raptor Observations: Not much else was really seen or around. I guess a good number of American Robins were seen early. Along with several Northern Flickers. First raptor of the day was a Merlin that came in and tried to get either a Robin or a Starling, so that was fun to see. Predictions: Looks like about the same weather for Thursday as it was today, winds maybe a little lighter at times. This means flight and numbers should be about the same. ======================================================================== 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/
