DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 109647 111018 Osprey 0 8 60 Bald Eagle 0 51 189 Northern Harrier 2 121 383 Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 1384 6339 Cooper's Hawk 1 450 687 Northern Goshawk 0 4 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 262 267 Broad-winged Hawk 0 209 79572 Red-tailed Hawk 0 914 1162 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 11 11 American Kestrel 0 97 670 Merlin 0 17 41 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 35 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: 29 113191 200465 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Rob Payne Observers: Patrick Mulawa, Rodney Laura Visitors: None, just our group of 3. Weather: Today was all day cloudy and drizzly, though rain was short and patchy. Temperatures were warm topping off at 71f. Winds were consistent from the south west, but at times did not move at all. Raptor Observations: Raptor movement was slow, due to odd weather mixes. Sharp-shinned Hawks were the only hawks who did not seem disrupted by the weather, as 26 were counted. 1 Cooper's Hawks and 2 Northern Harriers were all the others there were. A total of 29 birds were counted of 3 species. Non-raptor Observations: Large numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and Rusty Blackbirds pushed out today. No American Crow flocks were noted. American Goldfinches seem to be making a move out as a few hundred were noted following the other passerine flight paths. Predictions: Tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day. We are going to be hit by a huge and powerful thunderstorm. Winds are predicted to gust into the 60's. Tomorrow will be closed, unless there is a miracle switch in the storms path. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood (Greg_Norwood@fws.gov) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.drhawkwatch.org