DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 16 20 20 Osprey 0 13 13 Bald Eagle 5 23 23 Northern Harrier 2 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 22 43 43 Cooper's Hawk 4 8 8 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 6 8 8 Red-tailed Hawk 30 47 47 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 18 18 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 3 3 3 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: 88 188 188 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Jeff Schultz, Raburn Howland Visitors: Thanks to many visitors today including Fred Kirn, Rodney Laura, Jim Maki, Jim Lynch, Darlene Freidman, and Pat Mulawi. Weather: Light, but consistent northwesterlies pushed a good number of birds through today. Raptor Observations: 88 raptors of 8 species was a nice early season total. Red-tailed hawks made an impressive passage with 30. They are on track for a great season after a few years of low numbers. 22 sharpies is on the low side and they will definitely be steadily increasing as this next week progresses. Today's late passage of turkey vultures was noteworthy with 16 in one hour, as were 3 peregrine falcons which are approaching their peak passage window here. Non-raptor Observations: A summer tanager was a rare bird to find near the boat launch. This species' appearance during fall is especially unusual as they are more typically found some years during May. A pectoral sandpiper flew over. ======================================================================== 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/
