DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1 38 38
Osprey 1 22 22
Bald Eagle 0 20 20
Northern Harrier 0 41 41
Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 692 692
Cooper's Hawk 4 37 37
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 170 1009 1009
Red-tailed Hawk 4 40 40
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 15 82 82
Merlin 0 18 18
Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 243 2002 2002
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Seth Cutright
Observers: Jeff Schultz, Jim Linch, Patrick Mulawa, Paul Cypher,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Around 15-18
Weather:
The weather seemed to be right, yet not much went on today. The wind was
North or North-East all day. It was around 0-12MPH, and cloud cover was
0-15%. Visibility was clear.
Raptor Observations:
It was hard with little cloud cover to pick up the birds that were either
far out or high up in the mostly blue sky. Broad-winged Hawks made up
almost all of the count. Some moved around the 9:30am time, but then after
that the rest of the day was really slow. A late movement of 110 made up
just about the rest of today's count. A season first Red-shouldered Hawk
went by today also, so that was fun to see.
Non-raptor Observations:
Another season first was one Bonaparte's Gull going by with a small flock
of Ring-billed Gulls. A larger number of Blue Jays (~250) or so went by.
This was the first good flight of Blue Jays.
Predictions:
Weather looks to be about the same as the past few days..maybe some light
North-West winds. Flight should be about the same...still waiting on the
first front
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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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