DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 64 64 Osprey 0 36 36 Bald Eagle 0 30 30 Northern Harrier 0 65 65 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 1201 1201 Cooper's Hawk 0 65 65 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17124 17124 Red-tailed Hawk 0 68 68 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 228 228 Merlin 0 19 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 11 18909 18909 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 09:45:00 Total observation time: 2.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Jeff Schultz Weather: Visibility clear, and cloud cover 0%. Wind only 0-3MPH and North-West. Raptor Observations: Not much going on, moved to Mouillee count location by 11:00am. Non-raptor Observations: An American Pipit flew over and was heard. Predictions: Should be a larger Broad-winged Hawk flight. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([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/
