SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 299 299 Osprey 5 98 98 Bald Eagle 7 32 32 Northern Harrier 16 112 112 Sharp-shinned Hawk 185 998 998 Cooper's Hawk 1 31 31 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 13 8801 8801 Red-tailed Hawk 1 39 39 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 15 150 150 Merlin 6 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 250 10578 10578 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus, Matt Pety, Paul Cypher Visitors: Courtois family Dan Ezekiel Skip Zabel Jim Maki Stan Kowalski Pete Przybylski Ron Harkness Rosemary Brady Tim Smart Julie Craves Darrin O'Brien Weather: Todays weather was similar to the last two days with sunny skies, light westerly winds in the morning switching to moderate southeast in the afternoon. Conditions overall were somewhat hazier, particularly in the afternoon. Observations: The flight however was much less impressive in volume than the previous two days if still decent in diversity. Highlights included the tally of 6 Merlins for the day and the 5 Bald Eagles seen in the air at the same time. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
