SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 15, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 40 3755 73039 Osprey 0 1 225 Bald Eagle 0 13 191 Northern Harrier 6 235 997 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 273 8397 Cooper's Hawk 13 131 716 Northern Goshawk 0 1 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 56 690 932 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk 433 3639 5811 Rough-legged Hawk 1 18 25 Golden Eagle 6 70 89 American Kestrel 0 8 1861 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 46 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Short-eared Owl 0 1 1 Total: 556 8843 160347 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, Terry Angevine Visitors: Ron Harkness Bruce Roberts Weather: Conditions today were somewhat similar to yesterday with substantial amounts of clouds early in the day giving way to brighter skies during the middle portions of the day. Heavy cloud cover returned in the afternoon bringing with it a bit of rain by late afternoon. Winds were light to moderate varying from east to east-northeast. Raptor Observations: There was a very active migration underway by the second hour of the count and even though the activity peaked in the middle of the day, there were still good numbers of birds moving right up to just before the beginning of the rain. With poor weather forecast for the next couple of days, it is not surprising that birds were eager to move right up to the last possible moment. Much of the flight was overhead, particularly during the peak movement at midday and included some very good looks at many of the birds. Highlighting the day was a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk, notable in that we seem to be having an off year with regards to this species. Included in the Red-tail movement was a juvenile dark-morph bird. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
