DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 52 52 Osprey 10 35 35 Bald Eagle 6 29 29 Northern Harrier 11 58 58 Sharp-shinned Hawk 135 1033 1033 Cooper's Hawk 1 52 52 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 10486 14604 14604 Red-tailed Hawk 4 52 52 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 69 200 200 Merlin 1 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 2 5 5 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: 10729 16140 16140 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Jim Lynch, John Culbatson, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 20 or so people came by the hawk count today. A number of people helped spot the raptors today, so a big thanks to all who helped spot and point out all of the raptors today. Weather: Visibility was hazy to clear all day long. At first the wind was around 0-6MPH and from the West mostly. Then it seemed to change to the South-East and was about 3-6MPH. Then late in the day they were close to 3-6MPH but more from the East or North-East. Raptor Observations: Today was the best day of the season so far. 10,486 Broad-winged Hawks went over today. Three hours had over 2,000 Broad-winged Hawks. A nice flight of 69 American Kestrels was fun to see. Non-raptor Observations: A good Blue Jay flight went on early. Around 300 birds went over. Several warblers went and flew in early in the day. Not to much was going besides the raptor flight. Predictions: The wind should be a little faster Wednesday and more from the North. The flight should pick up a little more then today's. ======================================================================== 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/
