SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 46 52 52 Osprey 14 24 24 Bald Eagle 3 7 7 Northern Harrier 9 24 24 Sharp-shinned Hawk 18 30 30 Cooper's Hawk 3 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 48 135 135 Red-tailed Hawk 3 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 8 17 17 Merlin 1 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 153 308 308 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Maki Visitors: Anne Hanft Sol Hanft Weather: Today was another warm late summer day with moderate southeast winds predominating. Observations: The flight was similar to yesterdays but with a slightly different proportion among species. Most notable was a quite sizable early season Turkey Vulture total, the majority of which were in a single group of 42. Even with the southeast winds, which tend to push birds to the north of the count area, todays flight was spread across the entire field of view. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
