Everyone, I've been watching Hurricane Frances for over a week now, thinking that it might track towards the Great Lakes. Forecasters commented that the path is quite similar to last year's Hurricane Isabel, but has been tracking a bit south and west of last years storm. As everyone will no doubt remember, last year the remnents of Hurricane Isabel hit Lake Erie and gave us a bonanza of interesting birds.
The most up-to-date prediction for the path of Hurricane Frances is found at the following site (you may have to piece this link together if it separates into two lines). Note also that you can enlarge the map by hitting the icon on the bottom right-hand corner. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W5+GIF/031543W5.g if The remnants of Hurricane Frances is projected to track into the western basin of Lake Erie. If it does track to Lake Erie, it should arrive early on Thursday morning. Here are some things to consider when looking for hurricane birds: -- the most productive period is often 2-5 days after the storm has passed -- good birds can continue to be found 2 weeks after the storm -- the most productive areas tend to be to the east of the storm's centre -- onshore winds are a good bet -- regularly walking various beaches can often produce some amazing specimens (be sure to collect these via freezing, and arrange for their delivery to a museum such as the ROM) One never knows what such storms can bring -- sometimes there's a lot, but other times there's nothing at all. Perhaps nothing will come of this storm, but its worth getting ready! Alan Wormington, Leamington ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 3 18:10:36 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from taiga.com (mugwump.taiga.com [68.165.54.133]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10E9D4827E for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 18:10:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 4905 invoked by uid 525); 3 Sep 2004 22:03:07 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 03 Sep 2004 06:09:07 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (03 Sep 2004) 21 Raptors X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:10:36 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 52 52 Osprey 4 28 28 Bald Eagle 0 7 7 Northern Harrier 1 25 25 Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 43 43 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 135 135 Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 19 19 Merlin 1 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 21 329 329 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland Weather: Today was hot and humid with little wind early in the day. By late morning a moderate breeze from the southeast kicked up. Clouds continued to build from the south in the afternoon in advance of the thundershowers predicted for this evening. Visibility throughout the day was poor. Observations: The hawk flight as might be expected under such conditions was minimal with only 21 birds of 5 species recorded. Highlighting the day was the arrival of an Olive-sided Flycatcher at midday, which hung out around a large snag west of the count area for the remainder of the afternoon. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
