DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 327 49621 50367 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 0 40 88 Northern Harrier 0 49 124 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1380 2952 Cooper's Hawk 0 148 235 Northern Goshawk 1 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 285 286 Broad-winged Hawk 0 81 20015 Red-tailed Hawk 10 947 1063 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 1 24 24 American Kestrel 0 124 429 Merlin 0 13 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 18 32 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 3 4 Total: 343 52748 75713 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 5 people came by the count today. Weather: A slow day with South-West-South winds at around 5-15mph. Visibility was clear but also a little hazy at times. Cloud cover went from around 30% up to 85% later. Raptor Observations: Not to many birds moved or were seen around the area today with the South-West winds. Another Northern Goshawk came past, it went low right over the water. Shortly after that a Juvenile Golden Eagle also went by. Besides that not much else went on. Non-raptor Observations: Not much around today Predictions: It should be a little warmer Tuesday and have slightly lighter winds, but again from the South-West. The warmer temps might make some larger birds move like Golden Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and Red-tailed Hawks. However the South-West winds might keep the flight to the North away from the count, or slow it down altogether. ======================================================================== 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/
