DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 2 Turkey Vulture 12 226 35142 Osprey 0 0 140 Bald Eagle 2 6 108 Northern Harrier 1 6 143 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 37 3551 Cooper's Hawk 0 17 266 Northern Goshawk 0 3 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 21 135 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 7 362 1902 Rough-legged Hawk 0 7 15 Golden Eagle 1 14 67 American Kestrel 0 2 403 Merlin 0 3 19 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 19 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: 26 705 78134 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, John Elliott, Lathe Claflin, Rodney Laura Visitors: Paul Cypher Weather: Today saw overcast conditions throughout the day with light winds, from the west in the morning and south-southeast in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Overall variety was not too bad today but numbers were again low. A group of a dozen TVs was unexpected perhaps at this point of the season but not unprecedented. A rapid fly-pass of a speedy tiercel Peregrine rounded out the day’s species diversity nicely. Non-raptor Observations: Small groups of finches were busy migrating today, mostly Goldfinches and Siskins but with a few Purple Finches thrown in as well. A couple hundred Tundra Swans were noted with the largest group being about 65 birds. Great Egrets continue to migrate in good numbers. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/