DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2829 122324 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 0 16 214 Northern Harrier 8 58 464 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 49 6504 Cooper's Hawk 0 89 831 Northern Goshawk 0 11 19 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 210 487 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 6 1870 3199 Rough-legged Hawk 1 29 29 Golden Eagle 1 50 68 American Kestrel 0 2 675 Merlin 0 4 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 40 Unknown Accipiter 0 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: 16 5221 214567 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, Rodney Laura Weather: Today was incredibly windy early on, with an average of 17mph, and gusting into the upper 20s. It eased up in the afternoon a bit, but a wall of fog hung over Canada and kept birds there from coming over. Cloud cover followed the same pattern as the wind, it went from a horribly cold day to a decent afternoon in the sun. Raptor Observations: Oddly the birds flight today was during the windy and cold part, and shut down completely when the sun came out. I believe the morning push were raptors who spent the night on the Michigan side of the river. While the afternoon held a fog wall over the Canadian side of the river, and most likely kept those birds from coming over. A total of 16 raptors were counted of 4 species. Non-raptor Observations: 42 Tundra Swans were counted in small groups heading south throughout the day. Predictions: Tomorrow is looking to be rainy, but warm. A rain system from the south will bring us temperatures near 60f, but all day scattered showers are possible. Here in the southern part of the state we will probably get quite a bit of this system. ======================================================================== 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/
