Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 2982 65219
Osprey 0 0 18
Bald Eagle 1 74 212
Northern Harrier 2 26 346
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 99 3495
Cooper's Hawk 3 44 119
American Goshawk 1 3 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 161 334
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6785
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Red-tailed Hawk 13 1094 2025
Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 19
Golden Eagle 0 76 120
American Kestrel 0 1 410
Merlin 1 4 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 33
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 19
Unknown Buteo 1 19 50
Unknown Falcon 0 1 14
Unknown Eagle 0 4 7
Unknown Raptor 0 2 30
Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Michael Patrikeev
Observers: Don Sherwood, Jerry Jourdan, Jo Patterson, Rosemary Brady
Visitors:
We welcome visitors to our site by the boat launch in Lake Erie Metropark.
We have brochures and educational information we are happy to share. Let us
share our enthusiasm for migration and raptors with you! While we welcome
your questions and company, please know that our professional counter,
apprentices, and volunteers must communicate with each other frequently to
successfully conduct the count, and they also must maintain an unobstructed
view of the horizon.
Weather:
Our luck with sunny skies continued this morning. However, it became
overcast again for the last two hours of the count. The temperature rose
from 2C to 6C. Thankfully it did not get as windy as predicted, staying as
a light breeze starting from WSW and swinging slowly around to SSE.
Raptor Observations:
It was another great day for November. We recorded 37 raptors, just three
more than yesterday. Red-tails made it to double digits, with 13 counted.
Sharpies continued their migration efforts. They have been absent from the
count for most of the month, so it was good to see eight flapping past.
Seven Red-shouldered, two Harrier, one Bald Eagle, and one Merlin were also
seen. Our final, and most exciting, bird of the day was a single American
Goshawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
42 American Crow took advantage of the nice day. Red-breasted Merganser
flew by the boat ramp.
Predictions:
Thanksgiving Day will reach 5C and see gentle to moderate NW winds. Cloudy
skies are predicted. The barometer is expected to rise, only by a tenth of
an inch. Thank you in advance to the dedicated volunteers who come out to
count tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Erika Van Kirk (erika_vankirk@fws.gov)
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