DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1423 4287 5033 Osprey 0 0 43 Bald Eagle 4 4 52 Northern Harrier 0 8 83 Sharp-shinned Hawk 89 417 1989 Cooper's Hawk 10 39 126 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 8 Broad-winged Hawk 0 54 19988 Red-tailed Hawk 8 49 165 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 11 44 349 Merlin 1 2 24 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 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 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1 Total: 1547 4917 27882 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: 4 or so people came by the count today Weather: Today's wind was around 15-25mph, and from the West-South-West. Visibility was very clear. It went from 100% cloudy in the first few hours of the day to 60% late in the day. Raptor Observations: Today was a better day then what I thought it might be. A good number of Turkey Vultures went by. Around 1,500 or so got counted along with around 100 Sharp-shinned Hawks. In the 1-2:00pm hour (2-3:00pm people time) a season first Rough-legged Hawk went past. It was a light phase/morph bird. Very good looks were had. Non-raptor Observations: For the first several hours of the count, because of the wind the water levels in the river were way down. So far down that most of it was dry or close to it. Because of this around 20 Great Egrets and 2 Great Blue Herons were able to stand around and feed. Also many gulls could come in and sit around and feed too. Predictions: It looks like we should get slightly lighter winds so that should help push more birds past. Also chances of rain by about 4:00pm or a little later might also push some by. With a good flight of Turkey Vultures today, I would guess about the same if not a little more go by again. ======================================================================== 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/
