DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 35 587 54734 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 1 11 108 Northern Harrier 1 12 158 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 30 3234 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 305 Northern Goshawk 0 3 19 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 35 387 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 49 400 1888 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 8 Golden Eagle 15 27 90 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: 104 1133 81519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Don Sherwood, Paul Cypher, Richard Naber, Rodney Laura Visitors: Thanks to all of those who came out, and even more so to all of those who bring food. That is not needed but very welcome and nice. So thanks a bunch. Weather: Mostly a South or Southeast wind at around 10mph. Clear visibility with 0% cloud cover all day. Raptor Observations: A very good day for Golden Eagles with 15. 9 of those came in about 45mins. From about 10:30am-11:15am. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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/
