DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2266 107614 108985 Osprey 1 8 60 Bald Eagle 3 50 188 Northern Harrier 0 117 379 Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 1262 6217 Cooper's Hawk 6 437 674 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 252 257 Broad-winged Hawk 0 209 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 42 841 1089 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 6 6 American Kestrel 0 96 669 Merlin 1 16 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 35 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: 2372 110928 198202 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: A nice family from Detroit, all very enthusiastic, and very skilled. Also our usual troop of friendly hawk watchers. Weather: Today was cloudy, breezy, and cold. Winds slowed in comparison to yesterday, averaged at 8mph with gusts topping 22mph, still from the north west. It was fairly warm if the sun found a patch in the clouds, but those were few and far between. At times rain looked imminent, but never arrived. Raptor Observations: A decent push of Turkey Vultures with 2,266. That may be the last big numbers of Vultures we sill see this season, only time will tell. Sharp-shinned Hawks made an impressive push for time of the season, 47 were counted throughout the day. Red-tailed Hawks were having a hard time through the wind, but 42 is not too shabby. We also had 1 Golden Eagle, and 1 Merlin come through. A total of 2,372 were counted of 9 species. Non-raptor Observations: American Crow numbers continue to push through, at times thousands will come through. A/the Great Black-backed Gull was re-found one trail connected to the count site. A flock of Wood Ducks were also nearby and 6 beautiful males made up the majority of the flock. Predictions: tomorrow will be sunnier but cooler, this might be one of our last good days for the next week. This weekend is expected to bring us rain, but will at least be warmer. ======================================================================== 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/
