SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1839 35913 40243 Osprey 1 15 232 Bald Eagle 0 34 177 Northern Harrier 3 34 317 Sharp-shinned Hawk 87 1549 5908 Cooper's Hawk 15 231 444 Northern Goshawk 1 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 23 161 208 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 221 1852 2667 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 5 6 American Kestrel 1 107 986 Merlin 2 6 47 Peregrine Falcon 1 14 33 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 2194 39934 236658 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Terry Angevine, Walt Pawloski Visitors: Pete Przybylski Tom Calligaro Weather: Today saw mostly overcast conditions with intermittent showers and light east winds. Observations: The flight was sporadic during the morning, picking up after a fairly heavy shower and when the sun actual peeked out briefly in late morning. After another shower in the early afternoon, there was the heaviest movement of the day when nearly two thousand birds moved through in the space of about 45 minutes, the bulk of which was TVs and Red-tails. The remainder of the flight was light and timed between showers, shutting down entirely when the rains became steadier. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
