DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 95 613 613 Osprey 2 96 96 Bald Eagle 1 58 58 Northern Harrier 3 70 70 Sharp-shinned Hawk 142 1982 1982 Cooper's Hawk 4 91 91 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 18 36178 36178 Red-tailed Hawk 3 95 95 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 264 264 Merlin 0 10 10 Peregrine Falcon 1 8 8 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 271 39468 39468 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Jim Maki Weather: The weather today was essentially a carbon copy of yesterday with little or no cloud cover and a light haze persisting throughout the day. Winds were light from the south in the morning becoming moderate south-southeast by noon. Raptor Observations: Numbers of migrants continued in their downward trend today as this southerly flow persisted for another day. The flight was dominated largely by the Sharpie movement and several decent-sized groups of TVs rounded out the bulk of todays migration. Non-raptor Observations: In addition to the continued steady movement of Blue Jays, the most obvious migrant today was Tree Swallow which moved in the hundreds particularly in the first half of the day. Warblers continue to dribble through in small numbers and a lone Ruddy Duck was seen with the Mallards from the Cherry Island trail bridge. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
