DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 2 2 Osprey 0 11 11 Bald Eagle 1 10 10 Northern Harrier 2 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 15 15 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 5 14 14 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 8 8 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: 16 68 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Visitors: 5 and all where Hawk Watch Volunteers. Weather: Winds out of the southwest where calm in the morning. They picked up a bit as the day progressed. Weather was generally mild. Raptor Observations: Quite an improvement from yesterday's wind. Migration picked up with 16 individuals of 6 species. Non-raptor Observations: Migration was moving well for non-raptors. A single Red-breasted Nuthatch was a good find in the Spruce tree above the site. 13 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Black-bellied Plover passed by. ======================================================================== 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/
