DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 01, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 3 3 Bald Eagle 4 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 1 1 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 20 20 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jeff Schultz, Jim Maki Visitors: Only 2 visitors today, whom where not Hawk Watch volunteers. Weather: The day started warm with little or no wind. Visibility was fair up to 6kms, which stayed the same for the remainder of the day. During the afternoon, moderate winds picked up from the southwest. A cold front coming from the southwest is on it's way, and will probably slow down migration for a few days. Raptor Observations: Good movement today of specifically Bald Eagles, with 4! counted. Only 20 individual raptors where counted as migratory. A bit of a slow first day to this season. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Low pressure cold front coming from the south west might put the migration on hold. Hopefully the warm water in Lake Erie can create enough of a barrier to keep smaller storms from hitting the count site directly. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([email protected]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ 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/
