DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2009
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture           16292          30251          30997
Osprey                       1              3             46
Bald Eagle                   9             33             81
Northern Harrier             8             24             99
Sharp-shinned Hawk         142           1057           2629
Cooper's Hawk               24             88            175
Northern Goshawk             2              3              3
Red-shouldered Hawk          7             27             28
Broad-winged Hawk            8             78          20012
Red-tailed Hawk             71            161            277
Rough-legged Hawk            1              3              3
Golden Eagle                 4              7              7
American Kestrel             6            103            408
Merlin                       2             12             34
Peregrine Falcon             1             17             31
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              2              3              4

Total:                   16580          31870          54835
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Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 17:00:00 
Total observation time: 9.5 hours

Official Counter:        Jeff Schultz

Observers:        

Visitors:
Lots of people were around.


Weather:
Light wind most of the day.  Mostly North-West, or West-North-West. 
Visibility was clear all day.

Raptor Observations:
The 2nd day with all 16 common raptor species counted.  First time it was
done back to back.  16,292 Turkey Vultures were counted, along with 2
Northern Goshawks, 2 Swainson's Hawks, and 4 Golden Eagles.


Just over 24,000 Turkey Vultures were counted over the past two days
(Saturday and Sunday) ~8,000 and ~ 16,000

Non-raptor Observations:
A Northern Mockingbird went by with Blue Jays early.
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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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