DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 204 204 Osprey 0 40 40 Bald Eagle 0 41 41 Northern Harrier 0 67 67 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 1351 1351 Cooper's Hawk 0 72 72 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19764 19764 Red-tailed Hawk 0 90 90 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 273 273 Merlin 0 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 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 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 16 21938 21938 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 7 people came by. Weather: Visibility was bad, and winds light at 0-6MPH all day. They were from the East-South-East all day. Cloud cover was 100%. Raptor Observations: Today was a fog day. Canada could not be seen most of the day with the thick fog. 6 Sharp-shinned Hawks in the 4th hour were the hour high count. Only 15 total and 1 American Kestrel for the day. Non-raptor Observations: A Horned Lark flew over calling. Predictions: Wednesday should....I hope be better then today...But weather looks to be warmer then today...They say it might rain late Wed. if so then birds might move a head of it. Thursday depending on what it does with rain might be good too... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([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/
