DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 331 331 Osprey 0 47 47 Bald Eagle 0 116 116 Northern Harrier 0 212 212 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 4307 4307 Cooper's Hawk 23 148 148 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 75208 75208 Red-tailed Hawk 0 216 216 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 507 507 Merlin 0 21 21 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 12 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 16 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 3 3 Total: 50 81149 81149 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Lynch, Rodney Laura Visitors: A hand full of hopeful hawk watchers made appearances. Not too many hawks but a good day for a tan. Weather: Very hot, windy, and worst of all extremely hazy. Winds where very light at the count site itself, but oddly enough gusts in excess of 35mph could be seen wreaking havoc on the canopy of the surrounding trees. Every once in a while the gusts would drop a couple dozen feet to our lever and we had to chase our Doritos. Temperatures topped out at an amazing 94f degrees (34.44c). Raptor Observations: Raptor migration was hard to judge today. If they where moving we could not see them. The high temperatures created thermals so tall that if there where birds on them they would be invisible amidst the low lying haze and the clear bluish sky. Wind was very strong at normal elevations for raptor flights, mixed with south west winds pushed our birds far north of sight. We had an even 50 birds counted of only 3 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow we expect some unpredictable rain. It will either rain all day or not at all, depends on what weather station you look at. It will probably be a repeat of today's less than favorable conditions. ======================================================================== 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/
