DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 101 2864 3610 Osprey 0 0 43 Bald Eagle 0 0 48 Northern Harrier 4 8 83 Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 328 1900 Cooper's Hawk 2 29 116 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8 Broad-winged Hawk 5 54 19988 Red-tailed Hawk 2 41 157 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 16 33 338 Merlin 0 1 23 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 175 3370 26335 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: Only around 6 people came by the count today Weather: It was mostly 100% cloudy today, with winds from the East. Visibility was mostly clear with some haze early. Raptor Observations: A few Northern Harriers came by today and even kind of close at times. 101 Turkey Vultures were counted. Not much moved before the rain came. Rain in the Western part of the state, mixed with East-South-East winds at the count location, made it for a slow count. Non-raptor Observations: Some, ~100-200 Red-winged Blackbirds went by. A good number of Blue Jays also were seen. Several Chimney Swifts have been going by the past few days or so. Predictions: Might be really strong West-North-West winds Wednesday so could be a good day. ======================================================================== 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/
