DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 5 5 Bald Eagle 0 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 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: 3 23 23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.33 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: Only the normal volunteer hawk watch crew. Weather: Low pressure cold front from the south west officially made it to the count site. All day cloudiness kept the migration at a near stop. During the late afternoon a rolling gust storm came in from the west and drowned out the site. Power was out for hours in most nearby towns. Raptor Observations: The cold front made for a very slow day of counting, only 3 individuals where countable as migratory. Non-raptor Observations: A fly-by Buff-breasted Sandpiper was a very nice surprise. It may represent the first park record of this migratory sandpiper. Predictions: More of the low pressure system to come. September third will probably be another slow day. We are hoping that Hurricane Earl, which is moving north along the eastern seaboard, will push some migrants our way. Over the next week we may start to see the effects of Earl. ======================================================================== 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/
