DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 102 204 204 Osprey 0 40 40 Bald Eagle 7 41 41 Northern Harrier 1 67 67 Sharp-shinned Hawk 55 1336 1336 Cooper's Hawk 3 72 72 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 692 19764 19764 Red-tailed Hawk 17 90 90 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 272 272 Merlin 1 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 1 11 11 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 Mississippi Kite 1 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 887 21922 21922 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Visitors: It was the second day of the annual Hawk Fest hosted by the Lake Erie Metropark. Kudos to their staff and all of the vendors. Thanks to all the visitors, which were too many to keep track. Weather: Winds were out of the east most of the day. Clear conditions predominated, with a bit of nice cirrus in the later part of the day. Barometric pressure fell throughout the day, especially in the afternoon with the incoming storm systems. Raptor Observations: It was a poor day of broad-wing watching in comparison with earlier in the week and yesterday. The broad-wing push will have to wait until after these storms starting tonight. However, turkey vultures had a strong showing with 102. This is the highest count this year by far. Red-tails were also the best of the season with 17. Bald eagles were notable with seven. Non-raptor Observations: An adult mississippi kite flew over in the 4th hour (submittal of photographs to Michigan Rare Birds Committee forthcoming). Predictions: Storms acomin'. ======================================================================== 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/
