DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 231 231 1614 Osprey 4 4 115 Bald Eagle 2 2 66 Northern Harrier 0 0 87 Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 45 2337 Cooper's Hawk 3 3 123 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 4 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36199 Red-tailed Hawk 8 8 131 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 8 317 Merlin 1 1 12 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 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: 304 304 41017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: Today was again dominated by overcast skies although the sun did peek through quite a bit in the afternoon. Winds were light to moderate from the west becoming moderate to fairly strong and gusty from the west-northwest. Raptor Observations: There was no migration to speak of early in the day under heavy overcast but activity improved when the cloud cover broke up a bit in the late morning. Still overall it was a fairly quiet day, dominated largely by TVs. There was one obvious highlight to the day though when a juvenile Northern Goshawk swooped by at close range. In fact it made several passes before disappearing into the trees over Gibraltar. Non-raptor Observations: A single White-crowned Sparrow was noted on what was an otherwise slow migration day for passerines. ======================================================================== 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
