SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9426 13429 15320 Osprey 0 12 200 Bald Eagle 1 11 126 Northern Harrier 16 71 576 Sharp-shinned Hawk 93 577 4850 Cooper's Hawk 25 76 222 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 7 Broad-winged Hawk 390 2489 67941 Red-tailed Hawk 54 107 308 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 11 145 1780 Merlin 1 8 35 Peregrine Falcon 2 4 33 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 1 4 Total: 10019 16934 91404 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Paul Cypher, Raburn Howland Visitors: Richard Naber Pete Przybylski Weather: Today saw improving conditions early becoming mostly sunny by mid morning. There were variable amounts of cumulous clouds for much of the day although there was a period of time in mid afternoon when almost no clouds were present. Winds were brisk and strong blowing generally from the northeast. Raptor Observations: With the considerable wind early in the day, the flight was active by the second hour of the count. Vulture movement was particularly busy and even though there were a couple of lulls during the day, the flight was steady and quite heavy for most of the day, continuing into the early evening. Some of the busiest hours were the last few of the day, very typical of a large TV flight. Some of the early kettles of vultures held some good numbers of Broad-wings and overall the showing for that species was very good for this late day. Non-raptor Observations: This was the first day that I noted any Common Loons migrating with two or three seen in total. A single Trumpeter Swan was among the Mutes at the game area. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
