DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 720 54867 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 13 110 Northern Harrier 0 18 164 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 255 607 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 926 2414 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 52 115 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: 3 2097 82483 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Visitors: Good company on a slow day. Weather: Almost no wind at all, but just very slightly from the Southwest. Visibility was bad with fog and gray skies. It was also 100% cloudy. Raptor Observations: Very slow again with only 3 Turkey Vultures going by. Non-raptor Observations: Not many other species to look at. Predictions: Should be slow next few days if the winds stay from anything but North. Maybe OK if sunny and warm, and or light East winds. Looks like chances of rain, or rain/snow mix later in the week, so some birds might move before that comes. ======================================================================== 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/
