DRHW- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Rockwood, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 8 8 8 Osprey 1 1 1 Bald Eagle 3 3 3 Northern Harrier 4 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 70 70 70 Cooper's Hawk 8 8 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 7184 7184 7184 Red-tailed Hawk 19 19 19 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 24 24 24 Merlin 2 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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: 7323 7323 7323 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: John Elliot, Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura, Seth Cutright Weather: Wind was North-East at about 10-15MPH. It was clear out and at 65% cloudy all day. Raptor Observations: Just over 7,000 Broad-winged Hawks went over. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([email protected]) SMRR- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area 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/
