DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 204 204 Osprey 0 40 40 Bald Eagle 0 41 41 Northern Harrier 0 67 67 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 1371 1371 Cooper's Hawk 0 72 72 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 19764 19764 Red-tailed Hawk 0 90 90 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 276 276 Merlin 0 22 22 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 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 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 23 21961 21961 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Around 5 Weather: Visibility was bad at times with thick fog, and hazy skies. Wind was West-South-West most of the time and around 5-10MPH. Raptor Observations: Today was about like yesterday. Fog for the first half of the day so it was very slow at times. Only 20 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 3 American Kestrels. Non-raptor Observations: Not many non-raptors again today just like all season. A few American Pipits flew over early. Predictions: Thursday should be better if we get the North-East winds that they say we should. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutri...@gmail.com) 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
