DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1635 31886 32632 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 1 34 82 Northern Harrier 4 28 103 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 1091 2663 Cooper's Hawk 7 95 182 Northern Goshawk 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 27 28 Broad-winged Hawk 0 78 20012 Red-tailed Hawk 12 173 289 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 8 8 American Kestrel 8 111 416 Merlin 0 12 34 Peregrine Falcon 0 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 0 3 4 Total: 1703 33573 56538 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura, Terry Angevine Visitors: Only a few came by. Weather: It was 100% cloudy with light rain by 2:30pm. Visibility was clear and wind was mostly from the East-South-East. It was around 5-10mph most of the day. Raptor Observations: Today most of the movement was from Turkey Vultures with 1,635. 1 Northern Goshawk and 1 Golden Eagle were also counted. Non-raptor Observations: 2 Common Loons were going by. Several Dark-eyed Juncos were around, and a number of Northern Rough-winged Swallows kept flying around the count area. A flock of 52 American Crows were also counted. Predictions: Should be a good day with more North-West winds. Might have some early rain in the day to slow it down a little, but could be good after that. ======================================================================== 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/
