DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 331 331 Osprey 0 47 47 Bald Eagle 2 118 118 Northern Harrier 0 213 213 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 4318 4318 Cooper's Hawk 0 149 149 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 75208 75208 Red-tailed Hawk 1 217 217 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 516 516 Merlin 1 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 1 13 13 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 3 3 Total: 14 81176 81176 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Visitors: A couple of quick onlookers, no crowds so to speak of. Weather: Very hot and windy, at least the haze was near absent. Temperatures where in the 90's and the average wind speed was about 10mph. The winds where coming from the west, which kept most birds back in Canada. Gusts came in at a top speed of 52mph. Raptor Observations: Migration was slow but better than yesterday, by one. However we did have three falcon species for the day with American Kestrel, Merlin, and Perigrine Falcon. A grand total of 14 birds of 6 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: This weekend should be a lot better now that the on-coming low pressure system should be settled in. A slight shower might be in order, and a good cloud cover will make finding migrants easier. ======================================================================== 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/
