DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5839 74991 76362 Osprey 0 4 56 Bald Eagle 5 32 170 Northern Harrier 11 103 365 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 1001 5956 Cooper's Hawk 28 333 570 Northern Goshawk 0 3 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 31 108 113 Broad-winged Hawk 1 207 79570 Red-tailed Hawk 73 261 509 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 3 90 663 Merlin 0 15 39 Peregrine Falcon 2 12 32 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: 6048 77164 164438 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Fred Kirn, Paul Cypher, Rodney Laura Visitors: about a dozen birders and hawk watchers showed up throughout the day. Weather: Fall has set in, but the sky remained sunny. It was even a bit chilly if you weren't in the sun. Winds stayed consistent throughout the day out of the south east. Raptor Observations: A very exciting day, non-stop action till about 4:30pm (EDST). First thing in the morning, a large kettle of Turkey Vultures numbering over a thousand, came by over the smoke stacks. Many more came over throughout the day, while buteos finally made some strong movements. We had 73 Red-tailed Hawks and 31 Red-shouldered Hawks. A juvie Golden Eagle flew in from Canada and gave us a quick chance to look at it. Non-raptor Observations: Too busy with raptors, but I did see a female Mallard get swallowed from beneath by what can only be a large snapping turtle. Predictions: Tomorrow we should have a strong early push, an afternoon storm is supposed to come through and might shut the count down. It's hard to say, Monday was supposed to be the same, but it was sunny all day. ======================================================================== 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/
