DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 1 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 1 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 2 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 2 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 6 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Thanks to Rodney L., and Nora C., for coming by the count today. Made for a nice day. Weather: It was 100% cloudy all day. Some rain did come down just after 2:00pm. Visibility was clear but also hazy and dark in the background too. Wind started at East-North-East, then changed to East-South-East, and then lastly to East. It was either 5-10mph or 10-15mph. Raptor Observations: Not much went by before the rain, but what did go by was neat. The first two raptors of the day were Golden Eagles. They came by at about 10:40am. 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Northern Goshawk, and 1 Northern Harrier also went by. Non-raptor Observations: Around 40 Bonaparte's Gull have been around and were neat to watch feed and fly by close. More Tundra Swans were around, and went past, with one flock of 29. Both Lesser and Greater Scaup flew past around over the lake. Bufflehead, and Common Goldeneye were also around. An Eastern Bluebird was also heard flying over. Predictions: It looks like rain tonight and early in the day Thursday. Then light South-Southwest winds. I would guess it might be OK, with rain today and tonight and early, and likely late in the day Thursday. But it could also be slow with Southwest winds. It is also the time of year when birds might just go at any time. ======================================================================== 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/
