DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 720 54867 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 13 110 Northern Harrier 0 18 164 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 255 607 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 927 2415 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 52 115 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 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 0 2099 82485 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 12:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 1 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Weather: Thick fog all day, could not even see the stacks. Wind East and only around 0-3mph. 100% cloud cover, and bad visibility. Raptor Observations: None Non-raptor Observations: Two Winter Wrens could be seen and heard. Also two Swamp Sparrows were seen. Predictions: Most likely no flight at all or if so slow and or low numbers. Rain likely at around 6am and then again at around 11am, and maybe again late afternoon. Then even if it does not rain wind likely to be from the South or Southwest at around 10mph. ======================================================================== 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/
