At Beeton sod farms this afternoon, despite the rain, 3 Buff-breasted
Sandpipers in bright buffy plumage could be seen from the 10th Line
west of 15th Sideroad (2 lines north of Beeton rd). The best area
was south of house # 5664. Another good spot was north of house #
5671.
Estimates of shorebirds here include 200+ Killdeer, 150+ Golden
Plover, 4 Pectoral, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Black-bellied Plovers,
3 Lesser Yellowlegs, as well as Canada Geese, Horned Larks, Pipits,
Savannah and Song sparrows.
Dave Milsom
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (24 Sep 2006) 2004 Raptors
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 100 365 365
Osprey 15 153 153
Bald Eagle 6 82 82
Northern Harrier 7 382 382
Sharp-shinned Hawk 328 3283 3283
Cooper's Hawk 1 94 94
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 1468 28874 28874
Red-tailed Hawk 6 117 117
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 65 1227 1227
Merlin 4 23 23
Peregrine Falcon 3 20 20
Unknown
Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2
Total: 2004 34626 34626
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz
Visitors:
Pete Przybylski
Bob Pettit
Tim Smart
Joe Bartell
Tom Toomey and family
Gloria Harkness
Ron Harkness
Craig Bateman
Weather:
Today saw a mix of sun and cloud with a brief shower occurring at midday.
Winds were quite strong out of the west-southwest early gradually becoming
more west then west-northwest by days end.
Raptor Observations:
Activity was more or less steady throughout the day, although there was a
bit of a lull in the middle of the day when showers were present. As is
typical on west dominated winds, the flight was spread over a wide front
and with the strong winds many of the birds were low. A small but steady
Broad-wing movement was seen early in the day but picked up considerable
during the early to mid afternoon period. It was nice to see so many of
them coming low and directly overhead. Today also marked the best passage
of vultures thus far, a trend that will have them increase greatly in
numbers over the next several weeks.
Non-raptor Observations:
Chimney Swifts and Northern Rough-winged Swallows continued to be dominant
migrants today along with what were probably dozens of hummingbirds. A
Yellow-billed Cuckoo was also noted at the watch today.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
