DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 300 360 54507 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 4 5 102 Northern Harrier 1 1 147 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 8 3212 Cooper's Hawk 5 7 287 Northern Goshawk 0 1 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 6 358 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 116 119 1607 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 5 Golden Eagle 1 1 64 American Kestrel 0 0 438 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 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 0 4 Total: 438 508 80894 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Don Sherwood, Fred Kirn, John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: One group of hawk watchers from Ohio were around all day, so that was nice. Then a few other of the normal hawk watchers also came by. Maybe around 10 or so people came by today. Weather: The weather was not really like what they said it would be. One place said West winds changing to West-North-West, and being around 12mph. Another location said Northwest winds 10-20. As it turned out, it was West-North-West, changing to West, then West-South-West, then between West and West-South-West for the rest of the day. It was also around 10-15mph for most of the day. Visibility was clear all day and cloud cover went from 10% to 90% and was around 85% most of the day. Raptor Observations: Just kind of a slow, but steady day today, but also odd. No real flight line, some times the birds where low and over head, while other times or even at the same time they could be high and or distant. 438 were counted with 300 being Turkey Vultures, and 116 Red-tailed Hawks. 1 Golden Eagle was also seen. Non-raptor Observations: Several thousand American Crows went over all day long, and a total of 88 Tundra Swans also were seen. Predictions: Looks like chance for rain, and even with out rain should have South, to South-Southwest winds, and also light. So should be a slow day. With that said it will probably turn out really good... ======================================================================== 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/
