SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 113 1996 1996 Osprey 3 210 210 Bald Eagle 9 136 136 Northern Harrier 10 266 266 Sharp-shinned Hawk 207 3813 3813 Cooper's Hawk 23 157 157 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 23 23 Broad-winged Hawk 22 185311 185311 Red-tailed Hawk 53 381 381 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 65 721 721 Merlin 0 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 14 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 506 193066 193066 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland, Terry Angevine Visitors: Tim Smart Bob Ake Scott Jennex Weather: Todays weather was predominately sunny with light northerly winds in the morning switching to moderate southeast winds in the early afternoon. Any cloud cover that was present in the early part of the day dissipated with the switch in winds in the afternoon. Observations: The flight was spread over a wide front so much so that both sites were used until the wind switch occurred after which only the boat launch site was utilized. The migration was steady, if not heavy, throughout the day with 506 birds of 10 species recorded overall. Predictions: A series of weak fronts are predicted to occur during the week so it will be interesting to see what sort of movements are stimulated by these. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
