DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 904 52962 53708 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 3 45 93 Northern Harrier 7 67 142 Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 1568 3140 Cooper's Hawk 10 180 267 Northern Goshawk 0 14 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 20 344 345 Broad-winged Hawk 0 82 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 128 1250 1366 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 11 56 56 American Kestrel 2 130 435 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: 1123 56751 79716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Mark Wloch, Noel Cutright, Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 7 people came by today, and thanks to all who helped point out and spot birds. Weather: Today started out with fog early and the cleared off later. After the fog it was around 50% cloudy, and winds from the North-East. They were around 5 mph. Raptor Observations: 904 Turkey Vultures were counted, out of a total of 1,123 raptors for the day. 128 Red-tailed Hawks and 11 Golden Eagles were nice to see. Non-raptor Observations: 2 Sandhill Cranes flew over in the afternoon. ======================================================================== 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/
