DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 124 417 417
Osprey 2 42 42
Bald Eagle 3 46 46
Northern Harrier 0 73 73
Sharp-shinned Hawk 89 1522 1522
Cooper's Hawk 4 81 81
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 14 19916 19916
Red-tailed Hawk 7 111 111
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 7 303 303
Merlin 0 22 22
Peregrine Falcon 2 14 14
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
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 252 22550 22550
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.25 hours
Official Counter: Greg Norwood
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Don Sherwood, Richard Naber,
Seth Cutright
Weather:
West-North-West winds changing to South-West. Around 3-5 most of the time.
Visibility was clear, and cloud cover went from around 35 to 95%.
Raptor Observations:
The best day of Turkey Vulture movement so far, with 124. 89 Sharp-shinned
Hawks were not bad either.
Non-raptor Observations:
A good day for smaller land birds again, with a number of warblers around.
A great flight of Blue Jays too.
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Report submitted by Seth Cutright ([email protected])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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