SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 54 331 331
Osprey 6 97 97
Bald Eagle 19 74 74
Northern Harrier 77 211 211
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1390 3379 3379
Cooper's Hawk 4 76 76
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 15385 74817 74817
Red-tailed Hawk 14 140 140
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 174 674 674
Merlin 1 22 22
Peregrine Falcon 1 11 11
Unknown 8 8
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 17125 79842 79842
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Josh Haas
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Charlene Brennan, Darlene Friedman,
Jeff Schultz
Visitors:
Perhaps a few less than the day previous but still 30-40 visitors were
present at the site at any given time today.
Weather:
Today saw sunny skies again with a bit of cumulous buildup in the middle of
the day. Winds were light and variable in the morning becoming light to
moderate southeast by midday.
Raptor Observations:
A very good flight was seen throughout the day with several species having
season high counts including Sharp-shins, Kestrels and Harriers. While the
Broad-wing movement was very good, it was not as impressive as the previous
day, due in part to the wind that pushed the flight well to the north. Some
folks that ventured as far up river as Elizabeth Park reported seeing many
more Broad-wings and undoubtedly there were even more that made the
crossing still further north. Still, very good numbers were recorded and
the early part of the day at least provided lots of looks at migrating
raptors for the crowd gathered for hawkfest. As mentioned Sharp-shins were
among the species that had high counts and included one hour of almost four
hundred birds as well as several other hours each with well over a hundred
Sharpies.
Non-raptor Observations:
Chimney Swifts continue to be one of the dominant migrants of the last few
days along with Tree and Northern Rough-winged Swallows.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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