DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 170 1112 1112 Osprey 0 51 51 Bald Eagle 5 134 134 Northern Harrier 5 251 251 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 4899 4899 Cooper's Hawk 22 210 210 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 12 79313 79313 Red-tailed Hawk 2 236 236 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 569 569 Merlin 0 24 24 Peregrine Falcon 0 18 18 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 5 5 Total: 276 86843 86843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jim Maki, Rodney Laura Visitors: Around a dozen non-volunteers made passages. Weather: A beautiful day by most standards. Farly warm and sunny across the entire region. Our only weather difficulties where courtesy of Lake Erie. A light fog off the lake took a toll on visibility, but the raptors did not seem to mind. Raptor Observations: Despite poor visibility, and the small break in migration, good numbers where still in motion. The Turkey Vulture migration is growing in force as 170 where counted for the day. It's only a matter of days before the walls of TVs get to us. A dozen Broad-winged Hawks where noted in a single kettle, the only Broad-wings of the day. A total of 276 individuals of 8 species. Non-raptor Observations: A female Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) made a first of season appearance at our Spruce tree. Good numbers of passerine migrants where dripping out of trees. For the first time this season both kingles species where abound at our count site. Blue Jay waves continue to be seen throughout the mornings, a conservative guess would say 10s of thousands. We had a total of 62 species noted from the boat launch area of our metropark, which is where the count site is. I want to make it even more interesting as the last days of songbird migration comes closer. I challenge any and all birders to beat my 62 species within the boat launch vicinity. Who can get the new count site record? Predictions: Tomorrow should be warmer with an afternoon wind shift from south east to north west. The math in the air might make for another day of fighting through the fog, but no precipitation is expected. ======================================================================== 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/
