DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 35 77 77 Osprey 7 25 25 Bald Eagle 18 46 46 Northern Harrier 3 21 21 Sharp-shinned Hawk 360 444 444 Cooper's Hawk 11 23 23 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1129 1141 1141 Red-tailed Hawk 23 88 88 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 50 50 Merlin 5 5 5 Peregrine Falcon 2 5 5 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: 1611 1925 1925 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Don Sherwood Visitors: All Volunteers. Weather: The day began cloudy with light winds out of the west. Winds picked up through the day and pushed out the cloud cover. Raptor Observations: Good weather conditions made for great flight conditions. This is our first real day of migration. We had 1,611 individuals counted out of 11 species. Non-raptor Observations: Shorebird migration continues, regardless of our lack of good shorebird habitat. Fly-by counts of 26 Black-bellied Plover, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 1 Baird's Sandpiper. Predictions: Weather should continue to work in our favor and increase the number of raptors on the move. ======================================================================== 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/
