DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 712 54859 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 11 108 Northern Harrier 1 15 161 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 2 44 324 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 19 240 592 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 53 872 2360 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 8 46 109 American Kestrel 0 1 439 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 94 2005 82391 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: Wind was 0-6mph and from the East all day long. Cloud cover went from 15% up to 90% late in the day. Raptor Observations: It was slow but steady for most of the day. 104 was the total for the day. 53 of those were Red-tailed Hawks, and 8 were Golden Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Several thousand ducks went past today, almost all day long in flocks of about ~ 20-100 at a time. They were too far out to tell what kinds, but really the first good day for waterbird movements. Predictions: Should be warm again, but have light Southeast winds. I would guess that more Golden Eagles should go over. Since it is warm birds might just get up and move because of that. With Southeast winds it might either push the birds to the North or not have them fly that much. It is also that time of year when birds might just move because they need to also. As of now Sunday might be 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/
