DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 14 74 74 Osprey 4 43 43 Bald Eagle 4 21 21 Northern Harrier 4 16 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 116 116 Cooper's Hawk 3 17 17 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 13 35 35 Red-tailed Hawk 4 39 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 23 23 Merlin 0 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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: 94 390 390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Brennan, Fred Kirn, Lathe Claflin, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Jim Lynch Lisa Appel Weather: Clearing early in the morning after the overnight rain made for a mostly sunny day today. Much of the cloud cover was sparse in the morning with considerable cumulous building in the afternoon. Winds were moderate and at times brisk varying from the west to west-northwest. Raptor Observations: The flight today was considerably lighter than anticipated. Perhaps given the unsettled nature of the weather lately birds are still backed up on the Canadian side with another day or two of flying before they reach this area. Altogether though I think most of the onlookers today were pleased with stellar views of cavorting Bald Eagles and the fishing Osprey. I believe we saw three successful captures by Ospreys, the closest being probably not much more than 150 feet away. Non-raptor Observations: Quite a few passerine migrants were seen early in the day including good numbers of vireos, flycatchers and swallows (especially Rough-wing) , numerous Catbirds, a couple of Brown Thrashers and a few SwainsonÂ’s and Gray-cheeked Thrushes along with a nice variety of warblers. Perhaps most noticeable this year so far has been the overall lack of Monarchs. Usually by now we would have seen one or two days of large Monarch flights. ======================================================================== 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
