DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 11, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ======================================================================== 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/
