SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 220 1623 56240 Osprey 1 2 251 Bald Eagle 1 6 188 Northern Harrier 2 10 363 Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 71 6710 Cooper's Hawk 9 41 646 Northern Goshawk 2 12 33 Red-shouldered Hawk 21 210 862 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 210 1728 7136 Rough-legged Hawk 6 35 96 Golden Eagle 14 44 77 American Kestrel 0 2 1007 Merlin 0 1 52 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 513 3785 259080 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jeff Schultz Weather: Today was for the most part entirely sunny with a bit of cirrus cloud as a background. Winds were generally moderate but with occasional stronger gusts and blowing from the west-southwest. Observations: The flight was much like yesterdays with similar diversity but a few less birds overall. Golden Eagles were the most notable migrant coming through in small groups of two or three individuals. As a follow up to yesterdays single bird sighting of a Cave Swallow, four more individuals flew by the hawk watch today. This is in addition to two that were seen on Campau Road early in the morning. Also of note was a fly-by Hudsonian Godwit. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
