DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 48 111 American Kestrel 0 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: 0 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: More Southwest winds at around 0-6mph. Visibility was just OK, with a lot of gray, haze-fog mix all around the count area in the background areas. Cloud cover was just about 100% all day, with just a few opening of blue sky, then they would quickly close again. Raptor Observations: No migratory raptors again, and only saw 3 non migratory/ or likely local raptors. Non-raptor Observations: A one-two thousand ducks on and flying around on and over the lake today. Several flocks of Tundra Swans went past too. Several Brown Creepers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets were found along the trail. Two Belted Kingfishers also flew past a few times. Predictions: More light West, Southwest, or South winds for Saturday. After two days of no movement it could be a good day. But with more winds from the South or West it also could be slow. Most likely maybe slow but steady. If it is clearer and warmer with light winds it might be an OK day for a few more Golden Eagles to go by. ======================================================================== 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/
