SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 67 1123 1123 Osprey 3 190 190 Bald Eagle 2 106 106 Northern Harrier 2 237 237 Sharp-shinned Hawk 164 3082 3082 Cooper's Hawk 1 107 107 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 21 21 Broad-winged Hawk 27 185150 185150 Red-tailed Hawk 7 217 217 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 31 519 519 Merlin 0 32 32 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 10 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 305 190796 190796 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Hope King Karen Jackson Ellie Corkum Evelyn Merriman Jim and Louise Casto Jim Maki Doug Wells Weather: Todays weather remained warm and sunny in keeping with the pattern this week. Visible was a bit reduced from the last few days with some early morning fog and a light haze persisting throughout the day. Winds were generally light and variable in the morning becoming light to moderate southeast in the afternoon. by Sharp-shins. Observations: The flight began much as yesterdays with not much happening before noon. Numbers were up somewhat from yesterday with a bit more variety overall but still largely dominated ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
