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 1820 109434 110805 Osprey 0 8 60 Bald Eagle 0 50 188 Northern Harrier 1 118 380 Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 1292 6247 Cooper's Hawk 10 447 684 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 262 267 Broad-winged Hawk 0 209 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 69 910 1158 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 7 7 American Kestrel 1 97 670 Merlin 0 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: 1942 112870 200144 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: A small handful of visitors amongst our usual hawk watchers. Weather: Friday was a day of sun and light winds. Winds were from the north west and stayed moderate under 7mph. Visibility was one of the best we've had in few weeks. Simply a great day to be out. Raptor Observations: Another good push of Turkey Vultures, perhaps one of the last, came through with 1,820 for the day. Buteo numbers continue to move, especially with the Turkey Vulture groups. 10 Red-shouldered Hawks and 69 Red-tailed Hawks is fantastic. A late male American Kestrel came through at 4pm (EDST). Our best looks at Golden Eagle of the season came in at 4pm, a juvenile, which came straight across and low over the houses of Gibraltar, MI. A total of 1,942 raptors counted of 8 species. Non-raptor Observations: More and more American Crow flocks head out. Not much else of note. Predictions: Tomorrow will be an odd day. Cloudy all day is to be expected, and winds should be near nothing. This weekend is shaping up to be the warmest day of the week, topping off in the mid 70s. It's hard to say if tomorrow will be good for hawk watching. If it's too warm, and there is no wind to help out, the birds may not make a move. A evening Thunderstorm is likely to scare the birds put as well. ======================================================================== 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/
