DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 11 11 Bald Eagle 1 9 9 Northern Harrier 1 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 12 12 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 4 9 9 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 6 6 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 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 Total: 15 52 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Patrick Mulawa Visitors: Six visitors with the majority being Hawk Watch volunteers. Weather: Strong winds from the south and west persisted throughout the day. Increasing in strenth as the day went on. Raptor Observations: High winds held migration off a bit again today. A total of 15 individuals where counted of 6 species. Non-raptor Observations: 13 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds where observed today despite the constant gale force winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([email protected]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ 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/
