DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5397 37283 38029 Osprey 0 3 46 Bald Eagle 1 35 83 Northern Harrier 3 31 106 Sharp-shinned Hawk 71 1162 2734 Cooper's Hawk 7 102 189 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 32 33 Broad-winged Hawk 2 80 20014 Red-tailed Hawk 32 205 321 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 8 8 American Kestrel 5 116 421 Merlin 1 13 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 17 31 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 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 3 4 Total: 5524 39097 62062 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Allen Chartier, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Weather: Winds West-North-West at around 5-15mph all day long. Cloud cover was around 100% then went down to 20% late in the day. Visibility was clear all day long. Raptor Observations: Just over 5,000 Turkey Vultures went by. 71 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 32 Red-tailed Hawks were nice. Non-raptor Observations: A Common Nighthawk flew past in the afternoon. More American Crows went by and are starting to get into larger flcoks ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutri...@gmail.com) 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 ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
