DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 8 12 12 Osprey 7 21 21 Bald Eagle 1 2 2 Northern Harrier 0 8 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 27 27 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 7 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 12 12 Red-tailed Hawk 1 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 2 2 Merlin 1 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 30 98 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Brennan, Frank Kitakis, Rodney Laura, Ron Harkness Visitors: Jim Maki Greg Norwood Weather: The unstable weather of the last couple of days continued with mostly overcast conditions prevailing today along with occasional drizzle and the odd sunny break. Winds were fairly strong and gusty from the south early gradually bearing to the west during the day. Raptor Observations: Not surprising given the weather and earliness of the season, the hawk flight continued to be a bit on the slow side. In addition to the three or four Bald Eagles that were in view for much of the day, thirty migrants were tallied representing nine species in all. Non-raptor Observations: A fair number of passerines were seen from the watch today dominated by a large swallow movement early in the day. In the afternoon, a number of the large maples near the count area were quite busy with warbler activity including Blackpoll, Cape May, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Tennessee. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
