DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6 37 37
Osprey 1 18 18
Bald Eagle 13 20 20
Northern Harrier 4 32 32
Sharp-shinned Hawk 70 562 562
Cooper's Hawk 0 30 30
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 367 551 551
Red-tailed Hawk 0 32 32
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 29 45 45
Merlin 4 18 18
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2
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: 495 1347 1347
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Seth Cutright
Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Linch, Patrick Mulawa, Paul Cypher,
Raburn Howland
Visitors:
Only a handful of people stopped by...
Weather:
Wind was East-North-East at around 5-10MPH most of the day. Cloud cover
was between 30% to 80% early in the day. Then it stayed around 15% for the
last half of the day. Visibility was mostly clear, with some hazy and
light fog early.
Raptor Observations:
Today started out like the other days. Slow with one good hour. Then in
the afternoon from about 2:30pm until about 4:45pm, things picked up.
Mostly the Broad-winged Hawks. Two hours had over 100 Broad-winged Hawks.
It was also a good day for Bald Eagle with a total of 13, and American
Kestrel with 29 counted. The 2nd Peregrine Falcon of the season was also
nice to see.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not much else really went over or was around today.
Predictions:
Weather looks to be about the same Friday as it was today and as it has
been. So flight should be about the same as the past few days....
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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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