DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1660 2945 3691 Osprey 0 0 43 Bald Eagle 4 4 52 Northern Harrier 1 5 80 Sharp-shinned Hawk 147 256 1828 Cooper's Hawk 7 19 106 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 6 7 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 19941 Red-tailed Hawk 5 18 134 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 7 21 326 Merlin 0 0 22 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 17 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: 1838 3285 26250 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Darlene Friedman, Don Sherwood, Jeff Schultz Weather: Clear visibility, with winds around 5mph, and from the West. It was also around 60 to 100% cloudy. Raptor Observations: A good day for Turkey Vultures. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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/
