DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 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 9 207 Northern Harrier 1 40 446 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 43 6498 Cooper's Hawk 6 57 799 Northern Goshawk 0 6 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 204 481 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 24 1604 2933 Rough-legged Hawk 3 17 17 Golden Eagle 3 32 50 American Kestrel 1 2 675 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: 40 4814 214160 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, Fred Kirn, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: None, well if they where there early we might not have run into each other. This hawk watch is considering hawk watching in Morse Code for the foggy days. Weather: Today continued to be unseasonably warm for November. Winds were light from the south east at about 4mph, and cloud cover was non-existent, if you exclude contrails. Temperatures topped off at 58f, with no wind it made today very comfortable. A large wall of fog rolled in around 11am, pushed in from Lake Erie, and cut visibility down to feet. Raptor Observations: Once the fog lifted we got a nice little push, that gave us more birds than yesterday did. 3 light morph Rough-legged Hawks were counted, as were 3 Golden Eagles. One American Kestrel in the mid-afternoon was an odd find. Buteo movement continues to be slower than preferable. A total of 40 raptors were counted of 8 species. Non-raptor Observations: At least 100 American Crows could be seen flying very high over the fog. Rusty Blackbirds continue to be everywhere, and only seemed to become more active with the fog. Predictions: Tomorrow is to be exactly as today, even with the morning fog. It will be nice day to hang out at a park, but will more than likely be slow for hawk watching. ======================================================================== 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/
