[Ontbirds] HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (26 Sep 2010) 1407 Raptors
DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2010
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 286 868 868
Osprey 1 51 51
Bald Eagle 7 128 128
Northern Harrier 9 233 233
Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 4789 4789
Cooper's Hawk 6 173 173
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1031 78392 78392
Red-tailed Hawk 1 227 227
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 7 561 561
Merlin 0 24 24
Peregrine Falcon 1 17 17
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 16 16
Prairie Falcon 0 1 1
Swainson's Hawk 0 5 5
Total: 1407 85489 85489
Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Jeff Schultz
Observers: Rodney Laura
Visitors:
Dead day, only our super dedicated hawk watcher Rodney made it down.
Weather:
Winds where light out of the north west and visibility was good.
Temperatures where cold however, fall has arrived here at the metropark.
Raptor Observations:
The majority of the flight today was early, it was basically over by 11am.
Still good numbers where moving, Broad-winged Hawks came in at 1,031 for
the day, and Turkey Vultures topped off at 286. Most of the Broad-winged
Hawks could be seen flying over Lake Erie to south east of us. The birds
where lost as they got closer to Pt. Mouille SGA.
Non-raptor Observations:
Very slow nothing of note.
Predictions:
Tomorrow should have some good movements, but the weather will be similar
today. I predict that tomorrow will be an almost mirror image of today.
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Report submitted by Greg Norwood (Greg_Norwood@fws.gov)
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.drhawkwatch.org