SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 40 40 Osprey 2 26 26 Bald Eagle 1 12 12 Northern Harrier 2 42 42 Sharp-shinned Hawk 52 671 671 Cooper's Hawk 0 26 26 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 130 130 Red-tailed Hawk 0 29 29 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 7 111 111 Merlin 3 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 1 4 4 Unknown Total: 69 1099 1099 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland Visitors: Bruce Roberts Ron Harkness Jim Maki Bob Westland Weather: Today saw increasing cloudiness throughout the day along with poor visibility due to heavy haze and very high humidity. Winds were very light overall mainly from the southwest becoming light southeast late in the day. Raptor Observations: Todays movement was not much more than a trickle of activity throughout the day, perhaps predictable given the conditions. A modest falcon flight in the afternoon included several Merlins and a Peregrine, adding to a solid start to the season for these two species. Non-raptor Observations: Hundreds if not thousands of Purple Martins migrated through the area today, particularly during the first few hours of the count. Lesser numbers of Barn, Bank and Northern Rough-wing were also noted. Hummingbirds continued their steady pace of 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
