DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 392 55921 57292 Osprey 1 3 55 Bald Eagle 5 21 159 Northern Harrier 3 54 316 Sharp-shinned Hawk 53 493 5448 Cooper's Hawk 28 210 447 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 58 63 Broad-winged Hawk 0 60 79423 Red-tailed Hawk 4 125 373 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 17 53 626 Merlin 2 12 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 28 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 17 Prairie Falcon 0 1 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 505 57021 144295 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: John Elliott, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: Almost all regulars, park workers, and volunteers. Weather: Warm and sunny with a bit more wind than yesterday. Temperatures got up to 75f today, with winds gusting in low 20s. Raptor Observations: It's been very off and on this week, as today was essentially dead. Only 505 raptors where counted today of 9 species. Turkey Vultures continue to hide out somewhere, 392 where counted for the day. Accipiters and Falcons continue to push through the wind, American Kestrel came in with 17. We even had two Merlins. I wish there was more to tell you. Non-raptor Observations: More Dark-eyed Juncos continue to show up, and Blue Jays have only slowed down a little in their cross-country wave. Predictions: Tomorrow is more than likely to follow the same pattern as the previous days. We might get a few thousand, we might not. I believe one good cold front from coming any where from the east would convince the birds to move on. One was previously expected to ruin our good weather on Monday. As of today it seems it will hit us Tuesday or Wednesday of this coming week. Sunday and Monday look like the days to be prepared for a push. ======================================================================== 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/
