SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 65288 67179 Osprey 0 35 223 Bald Eagle 0 58 173 Northern Harrier 9 250 755 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 3497 7770 Cooper's Hawk 0 358 504 Northern Goshawk 0 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 190 194 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2503 67955 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1369 1570 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 10 11 American Kestrel 0 211 1846 Merlin 0 13 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 40 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 6 9 Total: 11 73806 148276 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 10:30:00 Total observation time: 1.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Weather: Overcast conditions today quickly turned to drizzle and fog and then to rain by late morning. Raptor Observations: Only a few birds were recorded in this limited time frame. The harriers were noted thus - group of 4, group of 3 and 2 single birds. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
