SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 66 318 318 Osprey 2 192 192 Bald Eagle 10 75 75 Northern Harrier 48 335 335 Sharp-shinned Hawk 270 4541 4541 Cooper's Hawk 11 93 93 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 7677 88557 88557 Red-tailed Hawk 38 214 214 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 162 1395 1395 Merlin 3 49 49 Peregrine Falcon 2 15 15 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 1 9 9 Total: 8292 95797 95797 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jeff Schultz Visitors: Tex Wells John Lowry Macklin Smith Tim Smart Leonard Graff Weather: After last nights rain and thunderstorms, today saw clearing conditions. Skies overall for the day were a mix of sun and cloud with quite brisk northeast winds. Raptor Observations: The flight started slowly but by mid morning there was a steady movement of birds. Although not as large as the passage earlier in the week there was still a considerable push of Broad-wings, especially in the afternoon. Highlighting the day was the seasons ninth Swainsons Hawk along with a juvenile dark morph Red-tail. Non-raptor Observations: A single Snow Goose was recorded with a small flock of Canadas. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
