DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 48 2794 122289
Osprey 0 0 63
Bald Eagle 0 7 205
Northern Harrier 9 39 445
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 41 6496
Cooper's Hawk 3 48 790
Northern Goshawk 0 6 14
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 198 475
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572
Red-tailed Hawk 38 1575 2904
Rough-legged Hawk 2 13 13
Golden Eagle 3 28 46
American Kestrel 0 1 674
Merlin 0 3 51
Peregrine Falcon 1 3 40
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 0 3
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5
Total: 111 4756 214102
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Rob Payne
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz, Patrick Mulawa,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
A very good sized crowd of hawk watchers and an artillery of optics. A lot
of eyes were on the sky today, not much was missed.
Weather:
Today was a beautiful day, with plenty of sun and low winds, kind of. The
winds were from the south west today at about 15-20mph. Our site has a nice
block of foliage to the south and west, we were comfortable but the birds
struggled.
Raptor Observations:
Slower than expected, but the reason was very apparent. Most birds were
seen flying sideways against their will. A few birds were able to push
through it 3 Golden Eagles, and 9 Northern Harriers made it look easy.
Buteos numbers were lower than the previous days with 38 Red-Tailed, 2
Red-shouldered, and 2 Rough-legged Hawks. The first Rough-legged Hawk was a
dark morph.
A total of 111 raptors were counted of 9 species.
Non-raptor Observations:
At least 150 Tundra Swans came through in the early morning. They were
re-found in the afternoon at the Cove Point area of the Metropark. Also
early in the day a pair of Long-tailed Ducks were seen, they did not like
being scoped out for long. We had a flyover Purple Finch in the early
afternoon, the first for this season.
Predictions:
We should see lots of sun and warmer temperatures, a lot like today. Winds
should be week or non-existent, and temperatures are expected to hit 60f.
This weather pattern is looking to last till Friday, and then November
comes back.
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Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([email protected])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.drhawkwatch.org
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