DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 2830 122325 Osprey 0 0 63 Bald Eagle 3 22 220 Northern Harrier 0 59 465 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 49 6504 Cooper's Hawk 0 92 834 Northern Goshawk 0 13 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 211 488 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1878 3207 Rough-legged Hawk 0 29 29 Golden Eagle 4 58 76 American Kestrel 0 2 675 Merlin 0 4 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 40 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 17 Prairie Falcon 0 0 3 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 5 Total: 7 5251 214597 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Weather: A gorgeous day at the count site, and probably the last comfortable day till spring. Winds followed the exact same pattern as yesterday, which is pretty odd. They were light out of the south west until a shift to the east around 1pm, which of course shut the count down completely. Temperatures were the warmest in a while, with a high of 49f. The visibility was also fantastic, with no haze to speak of. Simply a great day to close out the count season. Raptor Observations: Very very unusual is the only way to put it. We saw absolutely no hawks or falcons, just eagles. I'm not sure that has ever happened before, and on the last day none the less. Our numbers are historically low for November, and the raptors could still be in Canada. I'm sure if someone were to go out on the next nice day in December raptors would still be on the move. A total of 7 Eagles were counted of 2 species. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: All day rain for the last scheduled day of the season. The weather casters have had this predicted for over a week. I have no idea how they called that one, but can't get the others right. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood ([email protected]) 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 [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
