SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 14 14 Osprey 3 13 13 Bald Eagle 1 8 8 Northern Harrier 2 28 28 Sharp-shinned Hawk 130 295 295 Cooper's Hawk 8 20 20 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 67 67 Red-tailed Hawk 6 25 25 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 41 41 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Total: 161 513 513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bruce Roberts, Dave Mendus, Paul Cypher Visitors: Ron and Gloria Harkness Lora Currie Greg Norwood Pat Mulawa Don Sherwood Pete Przybylski Cliff Tally Robert Epstein Dotti Clune Jill Henemyer Weather: Conditions were clear during the morning with substantial cloud cover moving into the area at midday, increasing the overall humidity of the day greatly. After clearing again in the early PM, the remainder of the day was generally sunny with varying amounts of cloud cover and very warm. The wind was generally out of the west and light throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Migration early in the day was sparse and really much of the movement for the day was in the few hours during late morning and early afternoon as the flight tapered off very quickly during the afternoon. While Sharpie numbers continued to increase from previous days, numbers of other species lessened. Non-raptor Observations: There was some warbler movement early in the day although many of these birds continued onward and did not linger to be IDed. Bobolinks, Purple Martins and Barn Swallows continued to be the most numerous passerine migrants as seen the last couple of days. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
