SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6425 79231 80746 Osprey 1 26 234 Bald Eagle 4 48 144 Northern Harrier 4 109 484 Sharp-shinned Hawk 157 2161 7841 Cooper's Hawk 26 279 456 Northern Goshawk 0 18 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 319 323 Broad-winged Hawk 0 103 91086 Red-tailed Hawk 119 1890 2251 Rough-legged Hawk 2 23 23 Golden Eagle 0 10 10 American Kestrel 2 169 1726 Merlin 0 11 64 Peregrine Falcon 2 25 45 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 6745 84424 185464 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 16:15:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bob Ake, Fred Kirn, Lathe Claflin Visitors: Walt Pawloski Tim Smart Ron Harkness Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Weather: Today was clear and sunny with only the occasional bit of cloud cover. Winds were light to moderate west-southwest. Raptor Observations: The flight was a bit slow to start with but picked up nicely by mid morning once the breeze kicked up. Vultures dominated the movement again but there was a decent mix of other birds. The vulture streams were particularly impressive in the middle of the day with many coming low overhead, being knocked down by the breeze somewhat as they came across. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
