DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 16 97 97 Osprey 0 29 29 Bald Eagle 5 72 72 Northern Harrier 6 30 30 Sharp-shinned Hawk 101 1043 1043 Cooper's Hawk 11 45 45 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 659 3987 3987 Red-tailed Hawk 12 111 111 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 21 81 81 Merlin 0 6 6 Peregrine Falcon 2 7 7 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 Prairie Falcon 1 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 834 5510 5510 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Maki, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: Almost all volunteers, a few dedicated followers of the watch made appearances. Weather: Little to no winds this morning, nor where there any clouds. Very hazy in the upper levels of the atmosphere, made it very difficult to pick out the high-flying raptors. Temperatures where very mild, as long as you where in the shade. Raptor Observations: Fairly slow compared to the last two days. However the haziness made it difficult to find the raptors. Many migrants where probably missed as they where flying too high. This did not stop the great hawk watching, as quality is sometimes better than quantity. A single Prairie Falcon made a appearance heading southwest over the count site. It was a readily identifiable adult with typical falcon shape and dark axillaries. Sadly no picture was obtained, but every hawk watcher had good looks. Non-raptor Observations: Another rarity for the state of Michigan passed northwest over the parking lot around 2pm today. A White-winged Dove flew over the official counters head. Besides the white stripes on the wings, the short squared tail with the pale gray tip stood out, as did the overall chunkiness of the bird in comparison to the local Mourning Doves. It does help that the counter is from Tucson, AZ where White-winged Doves are the most numerous bird of the summers. Predictions: Tomorrow should be a continuation of our great weather. We expect lots of migrants to come through before Thursday, when a storm from the west is due to arrive. ======================================================================== 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/
