DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 58 58 Osprey 1 36 36 Bald Eagle 1 30 30 Northern Harrier 0 58 58 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 1074 1074 Cooper's Hawk 7 59 59 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 503 15107 15107 Red-tailed Hawk 7 59 59 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 216 216 Merlin 0 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 2 7 7 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: 584 16724 16724 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:15:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Allen Chartier, Rodney Laura, Terry Angevine Visitors: Around 20 people showed up to try and see the movement of raptors. Weather: Mostly a North-East wind at around 8-15MPH. Visibility was clear, and cloud cover was 50 to 100%. Raptor Observations: Not much going on here, besides some very early Broad-winged Hawk movement. Moved to the Pointe Mouillee SGA at around 12:15 to help count there. Non-raptor Observations: Some warblers early going over but not much else. The best Blue Jay flight of the season so far at ~2,000 birds. Predictions: Should be about the same as today, lighter East type winds.................. ======================================================================== 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/
