DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2068 78643 80014 Osprey 0 5 57 Bald Eagle 5 39 177 Northern Harrier 0 108 370 Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 1075 6030 Cooper's Hawk 14 362 599 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 13 124 129 Broad-winged Hawk 0 207 79570 Red-tailed Hawk 47 332 580 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 3 3 American Kestrel 3 94 667 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: 2184 81023 168297 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Raburn Howland, Rob Payne Observers: Darlene Friedman, Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: The regulars, it's like the show Cheers, plus flying predators. Weather: Last nights rain and cold front left us with a cold yet sunny day. Winds were as expected with the cold front, coming mostly from the north west, and gusting into the 20's. Another wave of storms could be seen on the horizon by the end of the count period. Raptor Observations: We might have had another experience with birds sensing the weather. A fairly slow day by comparison. Turkey Vultures showed up over Canada in small kettles, and most ended up right over our head. The last good sized group we had, followed the same flight path, but took 6 times as long fighting the wind. Those last Turkey Vultures looked very tired. In total we had 2,068 with half of those in the noon hour. 47 Red-tailed Hawks and 13 Red-shouldered Hawks isn't bad, but those were the hardy ones. Accipiters and Falcons were not as evident as usual. A total of 2,184 birds counted of 7 species. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jay migration has finally seemed to finalize, and American Crow numbers are picking up. Predictions: We are looking at another day of cold and sunny. We do have a warm front following behind our current weather, it should give us a beautiful weekend. This high pressure system will only last a few days, as Monday is said to have another cold front. These next three days should be a very strong push, the birds might want to move fast before they get stuck, or blown off course. Here is to crossing fingers and playing weatherman. ======================================================================== 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/
