DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2008
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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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
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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
Bonaparte’s as well coming through. Three Black-crowned Night Herons were
also noted.

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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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