DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 16 162 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 1 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 40 922 2410 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 46 109 American Kestrel 1 2 440 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: 53 2079 82465 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total observation time: 5.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: Clear visibility all day today with around 90% cloud cover. Winds were 10-15mph most hours, but got up to around 30mph for a few hours also. It was also from the Northeast. Raptor Observations: 53 counted raptors today, with most going by in the first two hours. 40 of the 53 were Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of ducks out over the lake. Predictions: It might rain around 11 and 12 Wednesday...if it is an all day rain then I will most likely not come down...But if it is only a light rain or on off then I might come down still. It should be an East wind and lighter then today's winds. If any rain happens birds might move right before that or after that. Also they might move since the winds should be lighter then today. But if they don't move it might because of the rain or because of the East winds. ======================================================================== 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/
