DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 45 212 35128 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 0 3 105 Northern Harrier 0 3 140 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 36 3550 Cooper's Hawk 5 17 266 Northern Goshawk 2 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 19 133 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 85 343 1883 Rough-legged Hawk 1 6 14 Golden Eagle 2 13 66 American Kestrel 0 1 402 Merlin 1 2 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 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: 151 658 78087 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Jim Maki Frank Kitakis Ron Harkness Karl Overman Tex Wells Pete Przybylski Weather: Sunny skies continued today with generally light southeast to south-southeast winds. A light haze persisted for much of the day. Raptor Observations: Even though the migration was fairly light overall, todays activity was an improvement over the last couple of days with a very nice diversity of birds noted overall. As with the migration in general lately, most birds passed well to the north. Exceptions were a very good view of the only Rough-leg seen today, a dark morph and also one of the two Northern Goshawks recorded for the day gave onlookers a nice view passing just north of the watch. Non-raptor Observations: Rusty Blackbirds continue to be one of the more conspicuous passerines of interest in and around the park. With all the concerns over population declines in this species, it is nice to see so many still staging during the fall migration in this area. ======================================================================== 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
