DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5505 118124 119495 Osprey 1 11 63 Bald Eagle 2 60 198 Northern Harrier 2 144 406 Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 1500 6455 Cooper's Hawk 16 505 742 Northern Goshawk 0 6 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 272 277 Broad-winged Hawk 0 209 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 81 1081 1329 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 3 18 18 American Kestrel 0 100 673 Merlin 0 24 48 Peregrine Falcon 1 17 37 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 17 Prairie Falcon 0 1 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 5625 122072 209346 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Chuck Owens, Darlene Friedman, Don Sherwood, Rodney Laura Visitors: About two dozen hawk watchers were abound today, they picked a good day to come out. Weather: Sunny but temperatures remained seasonal at 53f. Winds were strong out of the north west, averaging around 9mph, but gusts appeared to reach the upper teens. Afternoon cloud cover made for a good hawk finding back drop, but made for a higher wind chill. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures made an incredible push for this late in the season with 5,505 counted for the day. At 2pm we tallied 2,767 in one hour. 3 Golden Eagles came through between 2pm and 4pm (EDST). A total of 5,625 raptors were counted of 10 species. Non-raptor Observations: A single Cave Swallow was seen at exactly 9:43am. We also had a Common Loon, and 16 Tundra Swans. Huge numbers of American Crows passed through the area. Thousands could be seen across the horizon at most times. A conservative guess would say 135,000 plus. Predictions: Monday should be a very good day for migration. We are looking a sun, low wind, and low temperatures. Winds should be moving out of the north west, if at all. If it plays out right, a lot of birds will push out of Canada, and should give us nice overhead views. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood (greg_norw...@fws.gov) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org _______________________________________________ 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/
