DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 4 9 9 Bald Eagle 4 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 10 10 Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 5 5 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: 14 37 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jim Maki, John Elliott, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: 5 non-volunteer visitors today, but they all eventually headed south to be counted. Weather: Light rain fell from 7am EST till 9:30am EST. Winds stayed consistently from the west, fairly calm with some small gusts. Clouds cleared around noon and stayed clear for the remainder of the count. Raptor Observations: Nothing moved during the constant drizzle of the early morning. As the sky cleared later in the day, multiple Bald Eagles and Ospreys where observed in high altitude migration. Non-raptor Observations: A male Cape May Warbler spent quite a few hours in the Spruce tree directly above the count site. Predictions: Tomorrow is predicted to be very windy and cold. Migration will most likely continue to be slow. ======================================================================== 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/
