SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 8 8 Osprey 9 24 24 Bald Eagle 1 5 5 Northern Harrier 11 26 26 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 2 Red-tailed Hawk 4 11 11 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 8 8 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 38 91 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Maki Weather: Sunny skies prevailed again today with only a few clouds present during the afternoon hours. The westerly dominated winds were light to moderate in the morning becoming moderate to strong in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight was similar to yesterdays in both number and species breakdown but perhaps spread a bit more evenly throughout the day. Although not recorded as migrants, of note among todays observations were two Peregrine Falcons that were seen dog fighting over Celeron Island. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
