DRHW- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1183 31184 31491 Osprey 0 1 11 Bald Eagle 2 17 46 Northern Harrier 0 39 125 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 308 1078 Cooper's Hawk 3 50 131 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 41 45 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19 285546 Red-tailed Hawk 70 515 607 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 12 12 American Kestrel 0 72 390 Merlin 0 2 7 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 13 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 0 1 5 Short-eared Owl 0 3 3 Total: 1270 32269 319514 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Lathe Claflin, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Paul Cypher Mike Sefton Ron Harkness Will Webber Weather: After early morning cloudiness, gradual clearing was seen with mostly sunny conditions remaining throughout the balance of the day. Winds were fairly strong and brisk from the northwest varying somewhat to the west-northwest. Raptor Observations: After last nights rain and the passage of a cold front, today was perhaps a bit slower than anticipated with the flight mainly a TV and Red-tail event. I suspect that the front as it continued to move to the east blocked any large movement of raptors. Non-raptor Observations: Crows continued to move well today especially in the afternoon with some particularly large groups noted late in the day. With the strong west winds overnight, a large area of mudflat was in view at Pointe Mouillee today and hundreds of feeding gulls were present, mostly Ring-bills but also good numbers of Bonapartes. Shorebirds present included both Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer and most surprising, a possible Piping Plover. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area 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 ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org 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
