DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 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 64 64
Osprey 0 36 36
Bald Eagle 0 30 30
Northern Harrier 7 65 65
Sharp-shinned Hawk 116 1190 1190
Cooper's Hawk 6 65 65
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2017 17124 17124
Red-tailed Hawk 9 68 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 12 228 228
Merlin 0 19 19
Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8
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: 2174 18898 18898
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Seth Cutright
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz, Keran Markey,
Patrick Mulawa, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Around 25 or so people came by today.
Weather:
The days weather was mostly clear visibility and North-East winds. The
winds were around 5-8MPH or 3-6MPH. Cloud cover was around 50% most of the
day.
Raptor Observations:
Today I think was a slight let down for those who showed up to see a good
Broad-winged Hawk flight. The best time of the day today was from about
2:30PM until 4PM. In 30mins. we had 1,450 Broad-winged Hawks. With 2,017
total for the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
The weather and time of year seemed to be right for a good flight today but
it never really happened.
Although not many raptors moved most of the day, Blue Jays were on the
move, with around 3,000-4,000 counted. Another nice bird to see was a
Red-headed Woodpecker that flew right over, but going to the North.
Predictions:
It looks like Friday should be the start of the larger Broad-winged Hawk
movement and be good again Saturday. Weather looks to be about the same
but with more of a North-North-West wind at around 5-8MPH...
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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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