DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 99 49828 50574 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 0 40 88 Northern Harrier 0 51 126 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 1453 3025 Cooper's Hawk 0 150 237 Northern Goshawk 1 11 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 285 286 Broad-winged Hawk 0 81 20015 Red-tailed Hawk 7 960 1076 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 2 26 26 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: 130 53049 76014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Darlene Friedman, Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland Weather: Most of the day was slow. Wind was from the South-West then as the day went on changed to the West and then West-North-West. It was about 5-10mph. Visibility was mostly clear but also partly gray and hazy. Raptor Observations: 99 Turkey Vultures made up most of the count. 1 Northern Goshawk went by, and 2 adult Golden Eagles went over just about together. Non-raptor Observations: A lot ~ 40 Horned Larks went over in flocks of about 5-10. Many Rusty Blackbird and Red-winged Blackbird flocks keep going over. Late in the day, in the 2-3pm hour 2 Common Nighthawks went over. Photos of one of them were gotten. Predictions: Should be a rain day Friday. ======================================================================== 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/
