DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1478 2763 3509
Osprey 0 0 43
Bald Eagle 0 0 48
Northern Harrier 0 4 79
Sharp-shinned Hawk 174 283 1855
Cooper's Hawk 15 27 114
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 7 8
Broad-winged Hawk 42 49 19983
Red-tailed Hawk 26 39 155
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 3 17 322
Merlin 1 1 23
Peregrine Falcon 3 4 18
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 0 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 1748 3195 26160
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Seth Cutright
Observers: Fred Kirn, John Elliott, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura,
Terry Angevine
Visitors:
7 or so people stopped by today.
Weather:
Visibility was clear, and cloud cover went from around 60% early to 100%
later. Wind was around 5-10mph and from the West-South-West.
Raptor Observations:
Today seemed like a good day after some bad weather days. Over 1,000
Turkey Vultures went by today. Then over 100 Sharp-shinned Hawks also were
counted. It was neat to count 42 Broad-winged Hawks, and even 3 Peregrine
Falcons. One of the Peregrine Falcons even went by with a bird it had
caught.
Non-raptor Observations:
A lot of Red-winged Blackbirds went by most of the day, along with Blue
Jays.
Predictions:
Tuesday looks like rain later in the day so birds might move before hand.
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Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([email protected])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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