SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 412 1211 2726 Osprey 2 11 219 Bald Eagle 3 5 101 Northern Harrier 1 5 380 Sharp-shinned Hawk 42 546 6226 Cooper's Hawk 5 28 205 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 90990 Red-tailed Hawk 6 20 381 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 14 1571 Merlin 0 2 55 Peregrine Falcon 2 10 30 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Total: 476 1862 102902 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, Paul Cypher, Terry Angevine Visitors: Pete Przybylski Pat Mulawa Walt Pawloski Weather: Today was again warm and sunny but with greatly improved visibility from the last several very hazy days. Winds were again light to moderate out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: Perhaps because of the improved conditions in which to detect birds more than an actually increase in migrants, there was a measurable increase in birds recorded at the watch today. Particularly in regards to the vultures, these birds would have been undetectable the last couple of days given the conditions if they followed the same route of passage. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
