DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 61 421 54568 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 5 102 Northern Harrier 2 3 149 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 14 3218 Cooper's Hawk 1 8 288 Northern Goshawk 0 1 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 11 363 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 17 136 1624 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 6 Golden Eagle 0 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: 93 601 80987 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:45:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Weather: Started at 10am today with light rain in the area before that. After that the wind was mostly Southeast, and around 3-6mph. Visibility was clear all day, and cloud cover around 90% all day. Raptor Observations: With the light South, Southeast, or East-South-East winds the day was mostly slow. At around 2:00pm, I was about to leave when a kettle of Turkey Vultures was seen. 61 total Turkey Vultures were counted, all in the 2-3pm hour. A total of 93 raptors were counted, and one highlight was a dark phase/morph Rough-legged Hawk late in the day. Non-raptor Observations: Not really to much new around. More Tundra Swans seen, and a Red-breasted Merganser. Predictions: It will be good Thursday if the weather does what they say it will. West-North-West winds at around 10-15mph if not more. ======================================================================== 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/
