SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 24, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4083 55600 57491 Osprey 2 31 219 Bald Eagle 3 52 167 Northern Harrier 11 214 719 Sharp-shinned Hawk 401 3265 7538 Cooper's Hawk 24 290 436 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 37 109 113 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2503 67955 Red-tailed Hawk 120 909 1110 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 5 6 American Kestrel 7 209 1844 Merlin 2 13 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 40 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 6 9 Total: 4692 63220 137690 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:15:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Visitors: Bruce Roberts Tim Smart Robert Westland Weather: The weather today was a mix of sun and cloud with very brisk west-northwest winds. Raptor Observations: A very steady migration was seen throughout the day dominated largely by another good Sharpie movement and a moderately large TV flight. With the considerable winds, much of the movement was quite low and overhead. As is typical in these sorts of strong west dominated winds, the vultures did a lot of tacking back and forth, making counting difficult. Adding to this was the large crow migration, in the order of 15-20 thousand birds, which at times were mixed in with the TVs, further complicating the counting process. Buteos made a pretty good showing today, the days tally highlighted by the seasons first two Rough-legged Hawks, both light-morphs. Non-raptor Observations: Orange-crowned Warbler continues to be reliable along the Cherry Island trail with 3 seen here today along with a Philadelphia Vireo. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
