DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2828 122323 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 0 13 211 Northern Harrier 1 44 450 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 6502 Cooper's Hawk 2 78 820 Northern Goshawk 0 7 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 208 485 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 3 1792 3121 Rough-legged Hawk 0 27 27 Golden Eagle 3 42 60 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: 9 5096 214442 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Brian , Don Sherwood, Fred Kirn, John Elliott Visitors: A few people came to look for rare gulls, no love for the raptors on a slow day it seems. Weather: When the count started it was sunny, and the day was looking to pan out nicely. Less than an hour later the beginnings of the afternoon storm showed up, quickly changing our day to 100% overcast and very breezy. Winds were from the south east at an average of 8mph with gusts in to the teens. Raptor Observations: The raptor movement had a brief showing, but shut down early before the rain showed up. We did have 3 juvenile Golden Eagles within a few minuets of each other around 11:30am. A local Peregrine Falcon kept us entertained, as it perched far away from us, and we want a Gyrfalcon. A total of 10 raptors were counted of 4 species. Non-raptor Observations: Before getting off the freeway a large line of American Crows were on the move. The line did not break for the entire 4 miles it takes to reach the count site from the freeway. A conservative guess would say about 70,000. A couple of Tundra Swan flocks were observed heading south, a total of 133. Also a flock of 19 Great-blue Herons was an interesting sight. Predictions: If the rains move out early enough than tomorrow should be decent. Winds are supposed to shift to the north west, but remain quite breezy. There will be quite a few clouds on the tail end of our current storm, but we should remain dry. ======================================================================== 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/
