SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 32 258 258 Osprey 17 86 86 Bald Eagle 1 48 48 Northern Harrier 2 130 130 Sharp-shinned Hawk 248 1896 1896 Cooper's Hawk 4 67 67 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 6201 29143 29143 Red-tailed Hawk 12 106 106 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 489 489 Merlin 1 20 20 Peregrine Falcon 0 9 9 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 1 1 1 Total: 6539 32254 32254 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Brennan, Jeff Schultz, John Elliot Visitors: Ron Harkness Jim Maki Pat Mulawa Robert Epstein Carl Overman Bob Westland Weather: Today saw sunny conditions during the morning with cloud cover rapidly building into the area in the afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front. Winds were light to moderate southwest early becoming moderate west-southwest and then fairly strong from the west by early afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight was somewhat slow early but picked up nicely by mid morning. Some very nice groups of Broad-wings came by during the late morning and early afternoon, but eventually the fairly strong winds and the approaching cloud mass knocked down these groups with the last of them flying low and directly over the count area. Highlighting this movement was the seasonÂ’s first SwainsonÂ’s Hawk, a light morph adult. Non-raptor Observations: Impressive numbers of Chimney Swifts moved through the area today with certainly thousands migrating ahead of the frontal system. Several dozen hummingbirds were also noted today. ======================================================================== 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
