DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 160 160 Osprey 2 66 66 Bald Eagle 1 28 28 Northern Harrier 2 26 26 Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 396 396 Cooper's Hawk 5 44 44 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 29273 31239 31239 Red-tailed Hawk 2 59 59 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 4 62 62 Merlin 0 6 6 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: 29354 32088 32088 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 11:15:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jeff Loughman, Lathe Claflin, Paul Cypher, Raburn Howland Visitors: It was good to see so many folks at the watch today. Thanks to everyone that helped out. It was great to have all the extra sets of eyes out there today. Weather: Skies cleared rapidly early in the day, leaving us for the most part with clear blue and cloudless conditions. Winds were generally light and highly variable, steadiest from the west-northwest but varying from north-northwest to straight south. Raptor Observations: Broad-wing kettles began appearing at about 930EST and the flight rapidly grew from this point in time. Movement was steady and heavy until early afternoon when, we can speculate, much of the flight was lost at altitude in the total blue. Larger kettles began to be detected again later in the afternoon as the birds presumably dropped a bit and moved more inland. One of the largest kettles of the day was actually seen during the final hour of the count numbering in excess of 10 thousand birds. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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
