DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 2798 122293 Osprey 0 14 77 Bald Eagle 0 9 207 Northern Harrier 0 42 448 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 44 6499 Cooper's Hawk 2 66 808 Northern Goshawk 0 6 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 206 483 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 24 1682 3011 Rough-legged Hawk 6 25 25 Golden Eagle 0 33 51 American Kestrel 0 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: 38 4933 214279 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Raburn Howland Observers: Fred Kirn, Rodney Laura Weather: Today was yet another of the recent foggy trend. Yet it helped us by burning out early, leaving us with sun and mild temperatures. Winds were light from east with an average of 3mph. Raptor Observations: The continuance of the easterly winds is keeping the raptor migration on hold. Eastern winds are our flight shut off switch. Most raptors seem to avoid flying with a tail wind. A typical mid-November lunchtime flight occurred with less than normal number. Buteos were decently represented with 14 for Red-tailed Hawks, 6 Rough-legged Hawks, and 2 Red-shouldered Hawks. No Golden Eagles were seen today. 38 raptors were counted of 5 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Were not done with this odd weather yet. Tomorrow looks to be along the same pattern as we've been seeing. I don't expect to seen any changes from today's weather. ======================================================================== 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/
