DRHW- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area
Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 108 115 115
Osprey 1 7 7
Bald Eagle 8 14 14
Northern Harrier 25 35 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 248 344 344
Cooper's Hawk 27 41 41
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 255641 284816 284816
Red-tailed Hawk 42 48 48
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 53 90 90
Merlin 2 5 5
Peregrine Falcon 4 9 9
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
Swainson's Hawk 3 4 4
Total: 256163 285529 285529
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz, Raburn Howland,
Rick Nirschl, Scott Jennex
Visitors:
Again I would like to thank everyone for their help in spotting kettles
today. Your input is much appreciated.
Weather:
Generally cloudless skies were seen again today with moderate northeast
winds tending more to the east-northeast in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
>From almost a dead start when few birds were active, the flight exploded
rapidly into a heavy flow of birds starting at mid morning with many
tremendous masses of Broad-wings coming through. By midday we had amassed
almost 100 thousand birds! As often happens, the flight in the early
afternoon was much smaller but presumably birds were largely undetected at
altitude in the clear blue skies. This was confirmed as the afternoon wore
on as streams of birds began to be picked up again as they dropped in
altitude in mid afternoon. This afternoon push culminated in the largest
single movement of the day with over 130 thousand Broad-wings being
recorded in the 4-5pm hour alone! Wow!! Among the many Broad-wing groups,
three SwainsonÂ’s Hawks were detected along with the seasonÂ’s first
Red-shouldered Hawk. Altogether for the day 256, 163 birds of 13 species
were recorded.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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