DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 398 1131 1131
Osprey 2 103 103
Bald Eagle 4 63 63
Northern Harrier 9 82 82
Sharp-shinned Hawk 117 2201 2201
Cooper's Hawk 7 110 110
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 6 36194 36194
Red-tailed Hawk 16 118 118
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 15 283 283
Merlin 1 11 11
Peregrine Falcon 2 10 10
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: 577 40309 40309
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Josh Haas
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Gloria Harkness, Greg Norwood, Jim Maki,
Ron Harkness
Visitors:
Among our regular crew of folks today were those that came up from Ohio as
part of the Lake Erie Raptor Symposium sponsored by the Ohio Ornithological
Society. Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves even if the weather and
hawks werent altogether cooperative.
Weather:
There was very poor visibility early in the day today with fog and cloud
burning off very slowly during the morning to reveal a mostly sunny day.
Winds were quite variable but generally light north-northeast in the
morning becoming more due east in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Not surprisingly, it took some time for birds to pick up with little moving
before mid morning. Migration overall was a bit sporadic but there a very
nice push of TVs later in the afternoon highlighted by a single group of
about 130 birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
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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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