DRHW- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area
Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 378 378 34476
Osprey 0 0 11
Bald Eagle 4 4 54
Northern Harrier 8 8 140
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 25 1131
Cooper's Hawk 17 17 161
Northern Goshawk 0 0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 44 44 140
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 285546
Red-tailed Hawk 463 463 1418
Rough-legged Hawk 8 8 12
Golden Eagle 35 35 54
American Kestrel 1 1 391
Merlin 1 1 9
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 14
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
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5
Short-eared Owl 1 1 4
Total: 986 986 323568
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Don Sherwood, Richard Naber, Rick Nirschl,
Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Saul Hanft
Joy Barron
Ron and Gloria Harkness
Bob Jacobs
Pat Mulawa
Mary and Dennis
Skip Zabel
Tom Fountain
Weather:
A bit of cloud early in the day made way for a mostly sunny day by late
morning. A bit of high cloud made for a nice hawk watching background.
Winds were light northwest early becoming light to moderate north-northeast
by midday and northeast by mid afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Conditions overall were ideal for migration today and after a start with no
birds for the first couple of hours of the watch, there was a steady
movement seen thereafter until the early evening. A number of species had
their best showings of the season thus far: Red-tails, Rough-legs but most
notably Golden Eagles. In fact todays flight rates in the top handful of
days for this species since the beginning of the count and certainly the
best that this hawk watcher has experienced. Particularly between 2-4 pm
there were small groups of 2 or 3 Goldens coming past the watch every few
minutes it seemed. Spectacular! A Short-eared Owl rounded out the sightings
nicely on what was a truly enjoyable day at the hawk watch.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptor highlights included about 200 Tundra Swans (one small group
holding a single Snow Goose), 100+ Dunlin, 8 Lapland Longspurs, 1500+ Rusty
Blackbirds and 2 Monarchs.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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