DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 114 552 54699 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 3 10 107 Northern Harrier 7 11 157 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 28 3232 Cooper's Hawk 14 26 306 Northern Goshawk 1 2 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 21 34 386 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 197 351 1839 Rough-legged Hawk 2 3 8 Golden Eagle 11 12 75 American Kestrel 0 0 438 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 32 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 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 0 4 Total: 373 1029 81415 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Fred Kirn, John Elliott, Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Weather: Light East wind. Clear visibility and cloud cover went from 10% to 95% late in the day. Raptor Observations: 373 total went over, with 197 being Red-tailed Hawks. Other highlights were 11 Golden Eagles, 2 Rough-legged Hawks, and 1 Northern Goshawk. Non-raptor Observations: Not much else around. ======================================================================== 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/
