DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 38859 39376 Osprey 0 16 85 Bald Eagle 0 75 172 Northern Harrier 0 105 207 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2718 5129 Cooper's Hawk 0 493 592 Northern Goshawk 0 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 57 59 Broad-winged Hawk 0 642 195858 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Red-tailed Hawk 0 504 582 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 5 Golden Eagle 0 23 23 American Kestrel 0 252 656 Merlin 0 8 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 36 50 Unknown Buteo 0 19 19 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 12 16 Total: 0 43836 242880 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (No count conducted today) Weather: Everything's gone rain! Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: Partly sunny skies with highs in the low 50s. Only a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Winds will be light and out of the southwest. We should see a decent amount of movement after today's rainout. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jonathan Stein ([email protected]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org Site Description: The primary site used by the Detroit River Hawk Watch (a joint venture of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and it's Friends group, the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance) is the Boat Launch at Lake Erie Metropark located approximately 20 miles south of Detroit, Michigan. A secondary site, the Headquarters of Pointe Mouillee State Game Area is used during certain wind conditions. When staffing is available, both sites can be used at the same time. The season begins on the first day of September and concludes on the final day of November. For details and directions, log on to www.drhawkwatch.org Directions to site: Lake Erie Metropark: >From I-75, exit at Huron River Drive (exit 27). Continue east on Huron River Drive. Turn left on West Jefferson and proceed a few hundred yards to the entrance of Lake Erie Metropark. After paying the entrance fee, follow the signs to the Boat Launch. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
