DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2822 122317 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 0 10 208 Northern Harrier 0 43 449 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 46 6501 Cooper's Hawk 0 73 815 Northern Goshawk 0 7 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 208 485 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 2 1783 3112 Rough-legged Hawk 0 26 26 Golden Eagle 1 39 57 American Kestrel 0 2 675 Merlin 0 4 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 40 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 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: 3 5067 214413 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Don Sherwood, Rodney Laura Weather: Today showed the true dedication and patience of our Primary Counter Josh Haas. The temperatures topped off at a toasty 35f. Winds were from the south west at an average of 6mph with gusts into the low teens. Also 100% cloud cover that looked ready to dump snow, made for quite a slow day. Raptor Observations: The odd weather put our birds at an impressive low. We give a major salute to Josh Haas today for sitting out there as long as he did, for this impressive number. A total of 3 raptors were counted of 2 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Tomorrow is going to be a very nice change. We are looking forward to a break in the cloud cover. Winds from the south west will be pushing this current cloud cover away. Tuesday we are expecting showers to show up early in the afternoon. I'm hoping that tomorrow is just the weather break that the birds need to make a move out. ======================================================================== 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/
