SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 486 1186 1186 Osprey 2 204 204 Bald Eagle 8 92 92 Northern Harrier 1 371 371 Sharp-shinned Hawk 109 5470 5470 Cooper's Hawk 8 164 164 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 56 90979 90979 Red-tailed Hawk 13 332 332 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 1540 1540 Merlin 0 53 53 Peregrine Falcon 1 19 19 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 9 9 Total: 704 100425 100425 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jim Maki, Paul Cypher, Raburn Howland Visitors: Macklin Smith John Lowry Pete Przybylski Tim Smart Weather: After last nights rain, today dawned to clearing skies, much cooler temperatures from recent days and brisk winds. Conditions were generally sunny throughout the day with generous amounts of cloud as a background. The wind was for the most part out of the west and fairly strong, with frequent very strong gusts. Raptor Observations: As is typical with strong westerly winds, the flight was scattered over a broad front with birds doing a lot of quartering back and forth as they made their way forward. As a result the birds would lose much of their loft flying into the headwind and quite a few ended up dropping low over the count area, giving some excellent views to the onlookers. The movement overall was dominated by Turkey Vultures, a harbinger of things to come Im sure. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
