DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 51169 51915 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 0 42 90 Northern Harrier 0 53 128 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1481 3053 Cooper's Hawk 0 164 251 Northern Goshawk 0 14 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 311 312 Broad-winged Hawk 0 82 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1054 1170 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 44 44 American Kestrel 0 124 429 Merlin 0 14 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 18 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 12 12 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: 0 54591 77556 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Visitors: Only a few people came out today. Weather: Strong South-West winds at around 10-20mph all day. Rain on and off all day. Clear visibility when not raining. 100% cloud cover also all day. Raptor Observations: No countable raptors went by. Non-raptor Observations: A lot of American Robins were around the area. Predictions: It should be good Sunday since we have had two days of rain. Also light South winds should not be to hard for birds to move in. ======================================================================== 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/
