SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 76 3190 72474 Osprey 0 1 225 Bald Eagle 0 9 187 Northern Harrier 10 55 817 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 203 8327 Cooper's Hawk 16 90 675 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 58 502 744 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk 203 2400 4572 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 9 Golden Eagle 1 42 61 American Kestrel 1 6 1859 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 45 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Total: 382 6507 158011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Bruce Roberts Tex Wells Cathy and Steve Varkoly Jim Maki Allen Chartier Weather: Overcast conditions early cleared to almost clear skies by late morning. Some mid afternoon cloud cover pushed in ahead of a weak front forecast for the overnight and tomorrow. Winds were mostly light and from the south-southwest early becoming south-southeast in late morning. Uncharacteristically the winds dropped to almost nothing in the early afternoon and switched to almost due east. Raptor Observations: A somewhat slow flight was seen today, certainly in contrast to the last few days with much of the movement well to the north. This flight line was modified somewhat, shifting towards the count area when the wind dropped off in early afternoon before the migration shut down altogether in mid afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
