SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 13 136 136 Osprey 10 104 104 Bald Eagle 0 29 29 Northern Harrier 10 129 129 Sharp-shinned Hawk 539 1038 1038 Cooper's Hawk 3 28 28 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 494 2032 2032 Red-tailed Hawk 0 93 93 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 18 226 226 Merlin 2 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 1089 3828 3828 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Matt Pety, Paul Cypher, Tim Smart Visitors: Bob Pettit Will Webber Dave English Pat Mulawa Pete Przybylski Ron Harkness Gloria Harkness Weather: Todays conditions were very similar to yesterday with blue skies and light to moderate southeast winds. Raptor Observations: The flight was also similar but with a bit less diversity and an increase in the movement of Sharpies. The Broad-wing number was greatly affected by the wind direction as the few kettles we saw were detected as pepper specks well to the north of the count area. Undoubtedly there were other groups beyond our range of vision. Non-raptor Observations: The real excitement of the day occurred in the last hour of the count when a Frigatebird flew up the channel in front of us! This bird Im sure was storm-stayed from Hurricane Katrina that made land fall on the Gulf Coast last week. It was in view for 20-25 minutes before flying off to the northeast. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
