DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 38 102 102 Osprey 4 40 40 Bald Eagle 4 34 34 Northern Harrier 1 66 66 Sharp-shinned Hawk 80 1281 1281 Cooper's Hawk 4 69 69 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1948 19072 19072 Red-tailed Hawk 5 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 37 265 265 Merlin 2 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 10 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 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 2126 21035 21035 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz Visitors: Many people, ~40+ came out today as part of the Hawk Weekend. Weather: It was very clear for the visibility today, with mostly East or North-East winds. They were around 3-6 or 5-10MPH. Raptor Observations: A few thousand Broad-winged Hawks went over, and another Swainson's Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Not much else around, a few warbles early. Predictions: Might be good early, depends if and or when it changes to an East wind. But then today was ok on an East or South-East wind. Birds were high up even late in the day so a good number might have come down near by late then. ======================================================================== 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/
