DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 180 180 Osprey 1 41 41 Bald Eagle 0 98 98 Northern Harrier 4 104 104 Sharp-shinned Hawk 319 3697 3697 Cooper's Hawk 2 90 90 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 4 25028 25028 Red-tailed Hawk 0 180 180 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 34 275 275 Merlin 2 16 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 16 16 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 369 29740 29740 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Greg Norwood, Josh Haas Observers: Don Sherwood, Jerry Jourdan Visitors: Lots of visitors for the Annual Hawk Fest. Events continue tomorrow. Weather: Light southwest winds in the middle of a low pressure system created poor migration conditions, especially for broad-winged hawk. Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned hawks still passed consistently with 319 today. Considering the low numbers of all other species, 34 American kestrels is not too bad. It is still far from our long-term average (since 1991) of about 100 per day during this part of September. It was a very low day for northern harrier with a total of 4. Non-raptor Observations: Passerines were working the trees behind the count site and periodically making the passage from Gibraltar, Grosse Ile, or Canada. Numerous yellow-rumped warblers were present. There were at least 100 ruby-throated hummingbirds that were seen migrating. Predictions: Moderate northeast winds tomorrow with about a 40% chance of rain. If rain holds, the count will be good and more numbers will be at the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area count site. Both sites should be covered tomorrow. ======================================================================== 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/
