DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 02, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1085 2225 121720 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 4 4 202 Northern Harrier 1 18 424 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 22 6477 Cooper's Hawk 8 10 752 Northern Goshawk 3 3 11 Red-shouldered Hawk 44 152 429 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 418 886 2215 Rough-legged Hawk 1 4 4 Golden Eagle 2 10 28 American Kestrel 0 1 674 Merlin 1 2 50 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 37 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 0 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 1571 3337 212683 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, Fred Kirn, Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Visitors: a half dozen visitors came out for the show today. Many thanks to our scheduled spotters who show up many times throughout the week, scheduled or not. Weather: Today was chilly and cloudy to start, but the sun shown through for the entire afternoon. Temperatures picked up to 52f. Winds stayed fairly constant from the south east around 6mph, a few minor gust touched 10mph. Raptor Observations: Another great day of hawk watching, but not nearly the numbers as yesterday. Today held some high quality birds none the less. For Buteos we had 418 Red-tailed Hawks, 44 Red-shouldered Hawks, and 1 Rough-legged Hawk of the light morph variety. Accipiters were oddly numbered today with 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 8 Cooper's Hawks, and an impressive 3 Northern Goshawks. The first Goshawk was a lifebird for our good British friend Bill Ding. A total of 1,085 Turkey Vultures continue to make their make their mark on this year. A grand total of 1,571 raptors were counted of 12 species. Non-raptor Observations: American Crows continue to impress and distract even the most serious hawk watchers. At least 50,000 came through today. Another flock of exactly 20 Tundra Swans were seen heading due south. A very unusual find was a single deceased and half eaten Dunlin in our parking lot. Somebody dropped their lunch. Predictions: Tomorrow will one of those throw the dart at the wall days. Tomorrow should be sunny in the beginning of day with clouds building up throughout the day. Some rain is supposed to move in around 5pm. If this holds true, raptors might make a solid early push before the storm. ======================================================================== 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/
