DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 43 643 54790 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 11 108 Northern Harrier 1 13 159 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 36 3240 Cooper's Hawk 0 27 307 Northern Goshawk 0 5 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 35 71 423 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 117 533 2021 Rough-legged Hawk 2 6 11 Golden Eagle 0 29 92 American Kestrel 1 1 439 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: 202 1375 81761 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: 3 Thanks to those who keep coming out. Weather: Most of the day had North-East-North winds at around 10MPH. For the most part it was 100% cloudy with clear visibility. Raptor Observations: 202 raptors were counted with 117 being Red-tailed Hawks and 35 Red-shouldered Hawks. 2 Rough-legged Hawks also went by, in the same hour, with one being a Dark Phase and one being a Light Phase. Non-raptor Observations: A flock of 62 Tundra Swans went over, with other smaller flocks in the day. A flock of around 60 Snow Buntings started to come by and then turned back to the Northeast. Predictions: Should be good with it being sunny and with a Northeast wind. ======================================================================== 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/
