DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 1 213 35129 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 1 4 106 Northern Harrier 0 3 140 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 37 3551 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 266 Northern Goshawk 0 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 19 133 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 1 346 1886 Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 14 Golden Eagle 0 13 66 American Kestrel 0 2 403 Merlin 0 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: 4 665 78094 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 13:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Don Sherwood, Richard Naber, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Weather: Today saw another weather dominated day with rain in the morning giving way to some clearing in the early afternoon. Much of the afternoon was still quite cloudy with some sunny breaks. Winds were fairly strong from the west-southwest. Raptor Observations: Just a handful of birds were seen during some limited coverage in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors of note today were a male Hooded Merganser along with large numbers of migrant gulls; mostly Ring-billed but with good numbers of Bonapartes as well coming through. Three Black-crowned Night Herons were also noted. ======================================================================== 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
