SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 79 79 Osprey 8 75 75 Bald Eagle 0 21 21 Northern Harrier 3 95 95 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 136 136 Cooper's Hawk 2 16 16 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 118 118 Red-tailed Hawk 0 83 83 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 87 87 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 34 712 712 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki Visitors: Paul Cypher Weather: Warm hazy conditions persisted again today. Winds were light west-southwest in the morning becoming light to moderate southeast by midday. A bit of cloud spread into the area in the afternoon, perhaps associated with the weather system to the west that is forecast to bring showers late tonight and early tomorrow. Raptor Observations: There was very little in the way of a flight today, not surprising given the weather conditions and earliness of the season. The day wasnt without its points of interest though. We watched what was presumably the same juvenile Osprey make countless foraging attempts. It was successful twice, catching what appeared to be gar on both occasions. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
