DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 713 54860 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 1 16 162 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 45 325 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 247 599 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 6 882 2370 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: 14 2026 82412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: I think only three people came by all day...two from Ohio were nice of them to come all the way up. Weather: Just about 100% cloudy all day long. 10-15mph wind from the Northeast all day. Visibility was clear. It was a slow day with not much going on. Raptor Observations: Only 14 raptors were counted. 6 Red-tailed Hawks and 6 Red-shouldered Hawks made up most of the count. Then 1 Northern Harrier and 1 Turkey Vulture were the other 2 that were counted. Non-raptor Observations: A number of Tundra Swans went by, and one adult Great Black-backed Gull could be seen some times. Predictions: More East-North-East winds for Tuesday. Might be kind of slow, but also sunny, so some movement might happen. Count start time is about 10:00am now...Or any time between 9:30-10:00am. Then ending time is kind of between 2:00-4:00pm. Just depends on the birds and weather. ======================================================================== 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/
