DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2794 122289 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 1 8 206 Northern Harrier 0 39 445 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 43 6498 Cooper's Hawk 3 51 793 Northern Goshawk 0 6 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 203 480 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 5 1580 2909 Rough-legged Hawk 1 14 14 Golden Eagle 1 29 47 American Kestrel 0 1 674 Merlin 0 3 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 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: 18 4774 214120 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: John Elliott, Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Weather: A very comfortable day to be outside, full sun all day with very little wind. Temperatures topped off at 55f. Winds started from the south but swung east around noon, and averaged only 4mph. Raptor Observations: Today was a confusing disappointment, perhaps it was too nice outside. Would you leave a vacation early if the weather was good? This is just a guess, but the best we could come up with. We need a good storm system from the east or north to convince the birds to continue. We did have a single adult Golden Eagle come through at 11:30am, as well as a single light morph Rough-legged Hawk. A total of 18 raptors were counted of 7 species. Non-raptor Observations: It was surprisingly quiet even for the other birds. Rusty Blackbirds are still everywhere you look, as are Golden-crowned Kinglets. About 100 American Crows came through today. Another dozen or so Tundra Swans were seen flying in from the north. Predictions: Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer than today, and we get to keep our sunshine. Right now there is a large storm front in New England. Hopefully the western excess of that storm pushes some of their birds our direction. If that goes as we would like it, we should see the birds in the next couple days. ======================================================================== 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/
