DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 37 37 Osprey 3 21 21 Bald Eagle 0 20 20 Northern Harrier 9 41 41 Sharp-shinned Hawk 83 645 645 Cooper's Hawk 3 33 33 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 288 839 839 Red-tailed Hawk 4 36 36 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 22 67 67 Merlin 0 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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: 412 1759 1759 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Dan Gertiser, Jim Linch, Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Weather: It was 0% to 85% cloudy today with it being around 50% most of the time. Visibility was mostly clear and winds from the East-North-East or North-East all day. Wind speed was 0-10MPH. Raptor Observations: For early in the season a good movement of Broad-winged Hawks was going in the 10-11am hour. Then after that they slowed down for the rest of the day. For that hour 205 were counted. Most being in two different kettles. A total of 288 for the day were counted of that species. 83 Sharp-shinned Hawks were counted in the 2nd last hour with a total for that hour being at 29. Non-raptor Observations: No other small-land or other birds were really around at all. Since we are in the same basic weather system that we have been for about a week or two now. Predictions: The weather for Saturday looks about the same as the past few days. Might get more North-North-East winds then East-North-East. Should be a good day...one more day into the season should be better then the day before...But still need a good front to come in... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
