SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1479 42293 46623 Osprey 2 27 244 Bald Eagle 0 38 181 Northern Harrier 8 53 336 Sharp-shinned Hawk 102 2091 6450 Cooper's Hawk 15 299 512 Northern Goshawk 1 10 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 35 383 430 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 194 2789 3604 Rough-legged Hawk 14 22 22 Golden Eagle 0 9 10 American Kestrel 7 120 999 Merlin 1 10 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 34 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1858 48166 244890 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jeff Schultz, Lathe Claflin Visitors: Jim Maki Dave English Pete Przybylski Stan Kowalski Walt Pawloski Weather: Overcast conditions prevailed again today with light to moderate east-northeast winds. Observations: The flight began fairly early with a good lift off of vultures from north of the count area. It took awhile for other species to get moving given the cloud cover but from late morning on there was a steady flight, similar to yesterdays but a bit lighter in volume overall. As yesterday there was a very good movement of Rough-legs with multiple birds present in the air at the same time on more than one occasion. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
