DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 17 438 54585 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 2 7 104 Northern Harrier 1 4 150 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 25 3229 Cooper's Hawk 4 12 292 Northern Goshawk 0 1 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 13 365 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 18 154 1642 Rough-legged Hawk 0 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: 55 656 81042 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Darlene Friedman, Raburn Howland Visitors: Thanks to those few who did come out to the count today. Weather: Slow all day. They said the weather was going to be West-North-West winds. As it turned out it was mostly West or even West-South-West. At times also when it was West or West-South-West down along the ground, the upper wind was North, so lots of difference between the two sometimes. Visibility was good all day long. Cloud cover was around 85% all day with winds around 15-30mph. Raptor Observations: Only 55 raptors were counted. 17 Turkey Vultures, 11 Sharp-shinned Hawks, and 18 Red-tailed Hawks made up most of the count. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Looks like more South or Southeast winds for Friday....should be slow again. ======================================================================== 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/
