I will be writing up the findings as of this weekend -- have to have
that chapter completed by October 12, so it's kind of late now. I
will be still looking at findings next week, but after that, I will
just mainly be writing. However, whenever a report is completed, I
would still like to have a look at it. I think the most interesting
"finding" is that your epi made some sort of objection to the handling
of the data, or the reporting or whatever it was, and I would really
like to know more about that. I know the chances of that are probably
nil, but that little piece all by itself is fairly significant.
Mary
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (17 Sep 2007)
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SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 76 407 407
Osprey 5 102 102
Bald Eagle 10 84 84
Northern Harrier 47 258 258
Sharp-shinned Hawk 475 3854 3854
Cooper's Hawk 10 86 86
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 318 75135 75135
Red-tailed Hawk 21 161 161
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 52 726 726
Merlin 0 22 22
Peregrine Falcon 2 13 13
Unknown 8 8
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 1016 80858 80858
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Al Kostyniak, Jerry Stanley, Ron Harkness, Terry
Angevine
Visitors:
Frank Kitakis
Jim Maki
Bob Westland
Mandy Martin etal. from Greenville,OH
Weather:
It was a mainly sunny day again today with a bit of high cirrus to
provide
a bit of a background for any high-flying migrants. Winds were
light from
the west early becoming southwest and then moderate to fairly
strong
east-southeast by mid afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Although there were not the numbers of Broad-wings seen in recent
days,
overall there was a steady flight recorded throughout the day with
Sharpies
dominating the movement but with good numbers of most species
particularly
Harriers. Only a few actually kettles of Broad-wings were seen with
most of
those recorded being ones and twos mixed in with other migrants. A
few
folks that wandered northward reported that the migration was
minimal to
the north, so unlike the previous day it appeared that most of the
action
was within view of the count area.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs picked up considerably in the afternoon when the wind went
more to
the east. A single Common Nighthawk was also noted.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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Date: 18 Sep 2007 02:09:05 -0400
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (17 Sep 2007) 390
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Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 13 18
Osprey 4 124 126
Bald Eagle 4 126 128
Northern Harrier 33 537 540
Sharp-shinned Hawk 307 5755 5760
Cooper's Hawk 6 61 62
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 2 39265 39266
Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 32 2042 2089
Merlin 2 98 98
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown 6 7
Total: 390 48041 48112
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Colin Horstead
Observers: Dave Sked, Derek Lyon, Ed Taylor, Jennifer Lyon,
Keith Sealy, Su Ross-Redmond
Visitors:
A few visitors today...including Jamie & Mike Werner (Engle Hart),
James
Taylor (Trenton), Bruce Gates (Dowling), Dave Sked / Brian Ahara /
Frances
Lamont (all from St. Catherines), Norm Jackson (Kitchener), Jay &
Marlene
Farkas (Toldeo, OH) and Ed Taylor (Paris). Thanks to Jen and Derek
Lyon
along with Colin H. and Keith Sealy for looking after today's count
Weather:
Much like a summer day today with warm temps and moderate S to SE
winds.
Little in the way of clouds.
Raptor Observations:
Not a bad flight given the SE winds. Total of 390 birds tallied
with the
majority of the count being Sharpies (307), Northern Harriers (33)
and
Kestrels (32). Only 2 Broadwings today...after a weekend that saw
nearly
30,000 pass through the area!!
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
More S and SE winds...need I say more. :)
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Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:59:09 +0000
From: "Steve Thorpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ontbirds]Ruff at Wildwood
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The juvenile Ruff was still at Wildwood today. It 'arrived' around
9:30 AM
on the west side of the 31 st line bridge, feeding with Pectoral
Sandpipers,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, and a few Least Sandpiper. The
resevoir is
being drawn down so there are now lots of potential places for the
shorebirds to feed.
Directions to the 31 st Oxford line bridge can be found on previous
days
postings.
Steve Thorpe
Stratford
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