DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 12 733 733
Osprey 1 101 101
Bald Eagle 0 59 59
Northern Harrier 0 73 73
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2084 2084
Cooper's Hawk 3 103 103
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 36188 36188
Red-tailed Hawk 2 102 102
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 268 268
Merlin 0 10 10
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 8
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: 22 39732 39732
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Calvin Brennan
Observers: Frank Kitakis, Fred Kirn, Richard Naber, Rodney Laura,
Skip Zabel
Visitors:
Howard Glass
Weather:
Sunny conditions were seen throughout the day with a bit of high cirrus
cloud cover. Winds were highly variable, blowing from the northeast for
much of the morning and early afternoon before switching to east-southeast
in mid afternoon before returning to east-northeast by late afternoon. I
certainly got the impression today that conditions aloft were less than
ideal for migration given the disorganized flight pattern of the birds and
the overall low numbers recorded.
Raptor Observations:
As noted, other than a brief period during the late morning, there was very
little flow or organization in todays hawk flight. Given the general wind
direction for most of the day, I would have expected a better overall
movement of birds but obviously there was more complexity in the weather
pattern today that prevented a more substantial flight.
Non-raptor Observations:
The Blue Jays were undeterred by any unstableness in todays weather
pattern as they migrated through in large groups all day long. A single
Common Loon was also noted (I neglected to mention a sighting of one on the
21st as well).
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
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