SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1006 101247 102762 Osprey 0 29 237 Bald Eagle 2 71 167 Northern Harrier 4 177 552 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 2732 8412 Cooper's Hawk 30 524 701 Northern Goshawk 1 27 29 Red-shouldered Hawk 58 832 836 Broad-winged Hawk 0 106 91089 Red-tailed Hawk 580 6240 6601 Rough-legged Hawk 2 53 53 Golden Eagle 12 55 55 American Kestrel 0 182 1739 Merlin 0 15 68 Peregrine Falcon 0 27 47 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 1716 112319 213359 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, John Elliot Visitors: Jim Maki Stan Kowalski Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Weather: Today saw a mix of sun and cloud with light to moderate north winds. Raptor Observations: After a rather slow start to the day things picked up nicely by late morning and stayed quite steady until early evening. There was a very good mix of birds throughout the day and much of the flight was directly overhead including several spectacular views of the Golden Eagles that flew past. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
