DRHW- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Rockwood, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 39 39 Osprey 1 16 16 Bald Eagle 2 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 6 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 241 241 Cooper's Hawk 1 16 16 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 575 15143 15143 Red-tailed Hawk 9 35 35 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 44 44 Merlin 0 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 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 0 1 1 Total: 656 15554 15554 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 1.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz Weather: Visibility was clear and winds 0-1MPH. They were from the North-East-North, and East-North-East. Raptor Observations: A good movement the first hour. Then not much else after it. Non-raptor Observations: Not much around ======================================================================== 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/
