DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1584 76575 77946 Osprey 1 5 57 Bald Eagle 2 34 172 Northern Harrier 5 108 370 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 1041 5996 Cooper's Hawk 15 348 585 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 111 116 Broad-winged Hawk 0 207 79570 Red-tailed Hawk 24 285 533 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 1 91 664 Merlin 0 15 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 17 Prairie Falcon 0 1 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 1675 78839 166113 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jim Maki, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: Very few due to the expected afternoon rain. We did have our usual cast of characters that are our spotters. Weather: Warm for the first part of the day, until the oncoming cold front arrived. Cloudy for most of the day, increasing as the afternoon progressed. Winds were moderate and consistent out of the south east. As the cold front showed up the winds shifted more northerly despite the rain coming from the northwest. Raptor Observations: Weather seemed to have scared the birds from migrating. Only 1,584 Turkey Vultures were counted, streams were small but constant until the storm arrived. 24 Red-tailed Hawks is our average number for this season, but way down historically. A total of 1,675 birds were counted of 9 species. Non-raptor Observations: A Meadow Vole was observed today right in front of our picnic table. Funny how hard it is for us to find a Vole when a hawk can do it from over 100 feet up. Predictions: The rain should have left the region by tomorrow morning. The clouds will be light, but temps will still be cool. Perhaps this feeling of fall will encourage the birds to migrate. ======================================================================== 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/
