DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7809 13959 14705 Osprey 2 2 45 Bald Eagle 5 24 72 Northern Harrier 5 16 91 Sharp-shinned Hawk 212 915 2487 Cooper's Hawk 15 64 151 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 20 21 Broad-winged Hawk 16 70 20004 Red-tailed Hawk 36 90 206 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 2 3 3 American Kestrel 37 97 402 Merlin 7 10 32 Peregrine Falcon 9 16 30 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 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 2 Total: 8166 15290 38255 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:45:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Don Sherwood, Jeff Schultz Weather: Mostly a West wind at around 5-10mph. Visibility was clear with some fog early. Cloud cover was around 50 to 75% much of the day. Raptor Observations: 7,809 Turkey Vultures and 9 Peregrine Falcons were counted. 2 Golden Eagles, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, and one Swainson's Hawk were also counted. The first Northern Goshawk also went by. It was the first day with all 16 common raptor count species were recorded. Non-raptor Observations: A few American Crows went by. Many Golden-crowned Kinglets were seen along with several Nashville Warblers, and on Blue-headed Vireo. About 6 Horned Larks also went over, and many White-throated Sparrows could be heard. 2 Common Nighthawks also went over later in the day. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright@gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/