DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 712 54859 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 1 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 15 161 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 1 45 325 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 241 593 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 4 876 2364 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 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: 7 2012 82398 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Russ Edmonds Visitors: Thanks to all who came by. Weather: It was very slow today. Winds were from the East-South-East. They were around 3-6mph. Visibility was some what clear, but with some fog and haze in the background. Raptor Observations: Only 7 birds went by. Non-raptor Observations: My first Pine Siskin of the season went over today. Predictions: Sunday should be fine, and Monday better I think. ======================================================================== 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/

