DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 2807 122302 Osprey 0 14 77 Bald Eagle 1 10 208 Northern Harrier 1 43 449 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 46 6501 Cooper's Hawk 7 73 815 Northern Goshawk 1 7 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 207 484 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 88 1770 3099 Rough-legged Hawk 1 26 26 Golden Eagle 4 37 55 American Kestrel 0 2 675 Merlin 1 4 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 40 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 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: 117 5050 214396 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: A very nice group of dedicated hawk watchers joined us today. Crowds just don't seem to show up in November. Weather: I feel we got very lucky on the weather today. Today I drove 60 miles to get down here, and there was thick fog for the first 55 miles. For most of the day the fog wall covered our view of the Detroit River and Canada, making the Lake Erie horizon seem literally larger. The predicted warm temperatures were felt nicely today, we saw a max of 56f. Winds continued from the east but very lightly, there was an afternoon sway to the south. Raptor Observations: We had more migrant raptors today than the majority of this last work week. Still the winds seemed to keep a lot of birds down, and the wall of fog over Canada didn't help. At our lunchtime push we got a good helping of Buteos. Consisting of 88 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 light morph Rough-legged Hawk, and 1 Red-shouldered Hawk. We had all three Accipiters and 4 young Golden Eagles for desert, legally. A total of 117 raptors were counted of 12 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow the warm weather we have had should start to fade to a typical November, but not immediately. Temperatures might hit 60f if the sun stays out long enough. Fog is still a possibility for the morning, but afternoon rain from the west is expected. These rains are due around sunset, but it doesn't seem as the winds will shift to the west. Either way, if the raptors know there is rain to the west will they fly there, plus the easterly tail winds. I'm going to stay optimistic for a change in that prediction. ======================================================================== 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/
