DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 15 60 60 Osprey 12 39 39 Bald Eagle 1 17 17 Northern Harrier 2 12 12 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 76 76 Cooper's Hawk 1 14 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 22 22 Red-tailed Hawk 5 35 35 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 15 15 Merlin 0 4 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 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: 60 296 296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Brennan, Rodney Laura, Ron Harkness, Terry Angevine Visitors: Saul Hanft Jim Lynch Weather: Today saw mostly sunny conditions for much of the day with increasing cloud cover during the afternoon ahead of rain forecast for the overnight. Winds were light from the west until about midday when they switched to moderate south-southeast. Raptor Observations: Todays movement was about on par with the rest of these early days of the count with little in the way of sustained activity. Ospreys however had their best day so far and in addition to the migrants, several non-migrants kept us entertained with their fishing forays. One was seen with a goldfish, another annual sight at the watch. I forgot to mention from yesterday about seeing an Osprey carrying a gar, which seems to be another species they catch quite oftenly in this area. Non-raptor Observations: Highlights among the warblers seen today were Bay-breasted, Wilsons and Canada. A single Red Knot was seen among a group of about a dozen fly-by Lesser Yellowlegs. At least one Comet Darner was noted among the many Green Darners today. ======================================================================== 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 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