DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 1 257 35173 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 1 36 138 Northern Harrier 1 11 148 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 77 3591 Cooper's Hawk 1 40 289 Northern Goshawk 0 7 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 67 181 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 19 926 2466 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 18 Golden Eagle 1 34 87 American Kestrel 0 3 404 Merlin 0 3 19 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 23 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: 25 1476 78905 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Greg Norwood, Terry Angevine Visitors: Rodney Laura Terry Angevine Greg Norwood Weather: There was a gentle wind from the west, gradually becoming stronger to about 8 to 10 mph. A relatively low ceiling of clouds allowed only sporadic patchy openings of sun with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Raptor Observations: Red-tailed Hawks made up the flight today (19), with a couple of highlights including a low-flying Golden Eagle and an adult Red-shouldered Hawk. The rest was a trickle of birds consisting of singles of Turvey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, and Cooper's Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: A flock of 50 Snow Buntings passed by the count. Scaup numbered in the hundreds today with a single Common Loon near the southern tip of Celeron Island. A Yellow-rumped Warbler flew into the nearby trees and American Tree Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow were common call-notes heard while scanning the skies. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Greg Norwood (Greg_Norwood@fws.gov) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/