DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5303 66096 67467 Osprey 0 3 55 Bald Eagle 2 24 162 Northern Harrier 26 80 342 Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 620 5575 Cooper's Hawk 19 233 470 Northern Goshawk 1 2 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 15 73 78 Broad-winged Hawk 2 206 79569 Red-tailed Hawk 17 152 400 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 23 79 652 Merlin 2 15 39 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 30 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: 5479 67596 154870 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz, Rob Payne Observers: Don Sherwood, Jeff Schultz, Rodney Laura Visitors: Quite a good Saturday crowd, with lots of volunteer help. Weather: Still warm and sunny as it has been for the previous week. Winds changed direction and came in mainly from the east. Visibility was better today then it was for the past few days. Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures came in nicely from Canada today with 5,303 seen throughout the day. Almost 2,000 where seen in one hour. The second bird of the day was a single Northern Goshawk, and three species of Falcons were seen today. A total of 5,479 of 12 species were counted. Non-raptor Observations: A Northern Mockingbird early in morning was an especially good find for this area. Predictions: I'm hopeful tomorrow will be a strong flight day with the continuing warm front, and Monday's cold front. ======================================================================== 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/
