DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 720 54867 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 13 110 Northern Harrier 0 21 167 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 47 327 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 256 608 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 2 931 2419 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 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 3 2108 82494 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:15:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: Thanks to those who did come out on this slow and colder day. Weather: It was a cold and slow day today. Winds were from the North-West-North and then changed to the West later. They were 15-25mph all day. Visibility was clear and it was near or at 100% cloud cover all of the time. Raptor Observations: Only three raptors were counted all day. Non-raptor Observations: A flock of ~75 Snow Buntings went past. Tundra Swans were also in the area. Predictions: Should be slow with light Southwest 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/
