DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 2 Turkey Vulture 377 33038 34421 Osprey 0 27 138 Bald Eagle 1 36 100 Northern Harrier 4 46 133 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 1172 3464 Cooper's Hawk 6 118 238 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 108 111 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 79 1181 1304 Rough-legged Hawk 2 8 8 Golden Eagle 10 29 29 American Kestrel 0 89 398 Merlin 0 5 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 18 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: 509 35886 76599 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura, Terry Angevine Visitors: Jim Maki Larry Schneider Weather: Heavy overcast dominated most of the day today with clearing occurring during the last couple of hours of the count. Winds were moderate to fairly strong and gusty from the west-northwest. Raptor Observations: Predictably the flight was quite light for much of the day with a nice push of birds seen once the skies cleared late in the day. In fact the TVs were still floating by even in the early evening with most of the almost four hundred being seen in the last hour and a half of the watch. Most of the 10 Golden Eagles were seen late and in several instances involved multiple birds flying by at the same time. Two adult male Harriers and two dark morph Rough-legs rounded out the highlights for the day. Non-raptor Observations: Sandhill Cranes were seen on two occasions today with groups of two and fourteen seen. Tree Swallows were fairly numerous today; each looked at closely in anticipation of vagrants. ======================================================================== 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
