DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 2 2
Turkey Vulture 813 32362 33745
Osprey 2 24 135
Bald Eagle 1 30 94
Northern Harrier 1 39 126
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 1124 3416
Cooper's Hawk 4 107 227
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 105 108
Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 36216
Red-tailed Hawk 146 1005 1128
Rough-legged Hawk 2 5 5
Golden Eagle 2 14 14
American Kestrel 0 88 397
Merlin 0 5 16
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 16
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: 989 34934 75647
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Don Sherwood, Jim Maki, Raburn Howland, Richard Naber,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Saul Hanft
Pete Przybylski
Ron Harkness
Weather:
Sunny conditions dominated todays weather with little or no cloud cover
seen during the day. Winds were strong and brisk from the east-southeast.
Raptor Observations:
Although not quite at the pace of yesterdays flight, the migration today
was perhaps surprisingly good given the conditions. Along with another
decent TV flight and good Red-tail showing, onlookers today were treated to
views of a couple of Golden Eagles and two Rough-legs including the first
dark morph of the season.
Non-raptor Observations:
A group of seven Tundra Swans were the first of this species to be seen at
the watch this fall. Other sightings of note were a Blackpoll Warbler and a
tardy Monarch.
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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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