DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 222 1353 1353 Osprey 7 110 110 Bald Eagle 1 64 64 Northern Harrier 4 86 86 Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 2258 2258 Cooper's Hawk 8 118 118 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 5 36199 36199 Red-tailed Hawk 5 123 123 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 301 301 Merlin 0 11 11 Peregrine Falcon 1 11 11 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: 328 40637 40637 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura, Ron Harkness Visitors: Rick Kryc Lisa Appel Weather: Today saw mostly overcast conditions with a few brighter breaks in the cloud cover. Winds were light to moderate varying from east to southeast. Raptor Observations: As yesterday, activity was in sporadic bursts and heavily dominated by the afternoon vulture movement. . Non-raptor Observations: Along with another excellent Blue Jay flight, Chimney Swifts, Tree and Rough-winged Swallows continue to be the main non-raptor migrants. There are still modest numbers of warblers in attendance in the area represented by six or seven species today. ======================================================================== 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
