DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 507 110154 111525 Osprey 2 10 62 Bald Eagle 3 54 192 Northern Harrier 1 122 384 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 1397 6352 Cooper's Hawk 6 456 693 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 262 267 Broad-winged Hawk 0 209 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 4 918 1166 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 12 12 American Kestrel 1 98 671 Merlin 0 17 41 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: 538 113729 201003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jim Maki, Rodney Laura Visitors: A few of our regulars stopped by and kept us company, and watched the odd Turkey Vulture migration technique. Weather: High wind advisories took place for the entirety of the day. The wind came from the south west at an average of 9mph, with gusts up to 33mph. Luckily our count site is protected from a wall of trees, and blocked most of the strongest gusts. A few light clouds showed up in the afternoon, but was cloudy for the majority of the day. Raptor Observations: Today we had a good early movement of Turkey Vultures with 456 in the first hour. However, the same group of Turkey Vultures spent about 5 hours hovering over Canada before finally landing. Osprey and Bald Eagle numbers jumped a few, 2 Ospreys and 3 Bald Eagles. A single male American Kestrel proves there are still a few moving. One of the migrant Bald Eagles was a 2nd year bird, that came through with a juvenile Golden Eagle, right over overhead, and below tree level. A single male Northern Harrier followed a similar flight path. A total of 538 raptors were counted of 9 species. Non-raptor Observations: Two very large flocks of American Crows came through today, one at each end of the day. The first American Coot to hang out at the count site, spent it's time at the end of the boat dock. More ducks are being seen out in Lake Erie; today we tallied Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Greater and Lesser Scaup, and a single female Red-breasted Merganser. Predictions: Tomorrow our wind problems will continue. We also expect the cloud cover to increase in the afternoon, which should shut down all but the hardiest of raptor movements. ======================================================================== 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/
