SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 01, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 98 98 103624 Osprey 0 0 239 Bald Eagle 1 1 172 Northern Harrier 1 1 553 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 5 8455 Cooper's Hawk 4 4 749 Northern Goshawk 0 0 30 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 875 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 91089 Red-tailed Hawk 9 9 6844 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 56 Golden Eagle 1 1 65 American Kestrel 0 0 1739 Merlin 0 0 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 47 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 10 Total: 119 119 214619 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Lathe Claflin Visitors: Tim Smart Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Weather: After some early morning rain and drizzle, today saw mainly overcast conditions and moderate to fairly strong west winds. Raptor Observations: With the persistence of the heavy cloud cover, the flight was sparse overall and much of it within a period of about 1.5 hours in the mid afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
