SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2428 6528 10858 Osprey 0 5 222 Bald Eagle 2 20 163 Northern Harrier 3 11 294 Sharp-shinned Hawk 53 451 4810 Cooper's Hawk 7 20 233 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 18 65 Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 185379 Red-tailed Hawk 123 309 1124 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 3 American Kestrel 7 33 912 Merlin 0 1 42 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 24 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 2632 7407 204131 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Visitors: Tim Smart Alan Ryff Weather: Today was a cloudless day for the most part with light and variable winds in the morning. Winds were light to moderate southeast in the afternoon. Observations: There was good lift off of TVs in the third hour of the count, remnants of yesterdays movement into the early evening that put down north of the count area. Overall the flight was dominated by the vulture migration but with a fairly decent mix including the third Golden Eagle of the fall, a sub adult, and an adult rufous morph Red-tail. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
