SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3236 3236 5127 Osprey 4 4 192 Bald Eagle 8 8 123 Northern Harrier 19 19 524 Sharp-shinned Hawk 234 234 4507 Cooper's Hawk 29 29 175 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 5 Broad-winged Hawk 1890 1890 67342 Red-tailed Hawk 27 27 228 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 2 American Kestrel 51 51 1686 Merlin 2 2 29 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 29 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 1 1 4 Total: 5503 5503 79973 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9.75 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Darlene Friedman, Paul Cypher Visitors: Matt Pety Gloria Harkness Ron Harkness Pat Mulawa Richard Naber Weather: Today was sunny for the most part with substantial amounts of cumulous developing in the afternoon. The winds were light from the west-southwest early becoming moderate out of the west as the day went on. Raptor Observations: The count started slowly but picked up quickly in mid morning when the wind kicked up a bit. Most of the activity was in the form of mixed Broad-wing and vulture kettles, with the latter group finally taking over as the dominate species. The TVs in fact moved steadily throughout the remainder of the day and into the early evening and included 1,200 birds in the second to last hour of the count. Other highlights of the day included the seasonÂ’s fourth SwainsonÂ’s Hawk, a dark morph and the second Golden Eagle of the fall. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptor highlights included two Common Nighthawks, three Sandhill Cranes and a first-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull. A Northern Water-snake appeared in the midst of all the watchers today and nobody knows how it came to be among us without anyone noticing it. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
