DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 8 46 46 Osprey 0 22 22 Bald Eagle 0 20 20 Northern Harrier 3 44 44 Sharp-shinned Hawk 110 802 802 Cooper's Hawk 9 46 46 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1003 2012 2012 Red-tailed Hawk 2 42 42 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 19 101 101 Merlin 0 18 18 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 3 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: 1155 3157 3157 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.62 hours Official Counter: Greg Norwood Observers: Darlene Friedman, John Lowrie, Rodney Laura Visitors: Lorelei Aye Brice, jessica, Julian Madden Clark Gaston Karen Lowrie Kim Lynch Karen Calvia Ray Calvia Pat Larry Snyder Ed Ozaki Cindi Izenhoff Mike and Krissi Harris Rosemary Brady Ellie Shappira James Fox Neil Waldman Mark Scott O'Malley Weather: The day started out very calm, warm and clear. Winds were light all day, starting out west-northwest and transitioning to south-southeast during the last two hours of the count. Clouds moved in beginning at 11:00AM EST and large cumulous covered most of the sky by the last hour. Raptor Observations: Broad-wings consisted mostly of two small waves with 628 during the 11AM EST hour and another of 351 at the 1PM EST hour. Sharpies showed their strongest day with a total of 110. There was moderate movement of this species between 9AM EST to 1PM EST. American kestrels have been moving in better numbers during the last few days with 19 today. Non-raptor Observations: Blue jays have made the early part of the day less boring. 262 were counted between 7:23AM EST and 8AM EST, 95 between 8AM to 9AM EST, and approximately 75 during the next hour when they stopped moving through. A common nighthawk flew over mid-day. Migrant passerines were still relatively few. Predictions: The next two days should not bring anything really big through, but likely a couple of thousand or more broad-wings per day should certainly be seen. Watch out for later in the week after a small passage of a cold front. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([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/
