SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7158 60099 61614 Osprey 2 22 230 Bald Eagle 6 36 132 Northern Harrier 7 98 473 Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 1829 7509 Cooper's Hawk 17 233 410 Northern Goshawk 1 16 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 313 317 Broad-winged Hawk 1 103 91086 Red-tailed Hawk 63 1616 1977 Rough-legged Hawk 3 13 13 Golden Eagle 7 8 8 American Kestrel 4 159 1716 Merlin 0 10 63 Peregrine Falcon 1 23 43 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 7286 64580 165620 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan, Jeff Schultz Observers: Jeff Schultz Weather: Today was mostly sunny with a bit of cumulous cloud forming particularly in the afternoon. Winds were fairly strong and gusty out of the west-northwest. Raptor Observations: With the direction and intensity of wind, the flight was spread over a very broad front and strongly dominated by another very big vulture movement. Yes, there is still a lot of TVs out there and probably will be until the end of the month, putting us on record pace. Perhaps surprisingly there were not a lot of other birds moving along with the vultures comparatively. However, the first good passage of Golden Eagles was seen today and overall the diversity was good if the numbers werent. Non-raptor Observations: In the non-raptor category, one and possibly two Cave Swallows were seen today. This is a bit on the early side by about 2.5 weeks compared to the usual pattern of vagrancy for this species in the East. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
