SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4629 60229 62120 Osprey 1 32 220 Bald Eagle 4 56 171 Northern Harrier 9 223 728 Sharp-shinned Hawk 114 3379 7652 Cooper's Hawk 36 326 472 Northern Goshawk 2 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 56 165 169 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2503 67955 Red-tailed Hawk 172 1081 1282 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 1 6 7 American Kestrel 1 210 1845 Merlin 0 13 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 40 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 6 9 Total: 5025 68245 142715 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Leroy Yoder et al. Bruce Roberts Jim Maki Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Tim Smart Stan Kowalski Weather: Skies were mostly overcast today with some sunny breaks. Winds were mostly light and somewhat variable but predominately from the west. Raptor Observations: After a slow start there was a sharp increase in activity in the late morning. From that point onward there was a steady and heavy TV migration with decent if not large numbers of Red-tails and Red-shoulders mixed in. Some of the later groups of vultures were particularly impressive with kettles of several hundred birds whirling directly overhead. Other highlights of the day included 2 juvenile Northern Goshawks and a juvenile Golden Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Large numbers of Rusty Blackbirds have been seen in the area as of late and a BrewerÂ’s Blackbird or two have been detected in some of these groups. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
