DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 411 52058 52804 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 0 42 90 Northern Harrier 3 60 135 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 1530 3102 Cooper's Hawk 2 170 257 Northern Goshawk 0 14 14 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 324 325 Broad-winged Hawk 0 82 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 9 1122 1238 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 45 45 American Kestrel 0 128 433 Merlin 0 14 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 18 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 12 12 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: 449 55628 78593 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Only a few people came by today Weather: It was 100% cloudy all day today. Almost no wind all day with it only getting to be 3mph at the most late in the day. When there was wind it was from the East. Visibility started out clear, and then fog moved into the background to the East and North-East. Raptor Observations: Today was mostly slow. Only one good half hour of movement. In that half hour 411 Turkey Vultures went by. Before and after that time none. Sharp-shinned Hawks were slow but went by most of the day. Non-raptor Observations: 4 Common Loons went over, and 2 Red-necked Grebes. Many Horned Larks went over, and several Eastern Bluebirds did too. An American Pipit was heard going over and a Dickcissel was also heard with one of the Blackbird flocks. Brown Creepers can be seen and or heard around the area lately as well. Predictions: Looks like rain tonight and maybe very early in the day. Then again around noon. But before and after that it should be clear, and have a light Northeast wind. If that holds up and not much rain happens in the day time count hours then it could be a good day after many days of East, or Southwest winds. But if the rain and or wind does not do what they say then it could be slow again. Or if rain then maybe no count or only a part of a day count. ======================================================================== 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/
