SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1045 30715 32500 Osprey 2 42 189 Bald Eagle 1 47 186 Northern Harrier 4 188 688 Sharp-shinned Hawk 124 2096 8801 Cooper's Hawk 5 205 378 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 5 151 159 Broad-winged Hawk 0 39 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 42 569 932 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 37 180 1242 Merlin 0 10 36 Peregrine Falcon 0 22 57 Unknown 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1266 34268 114756 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bruce Roberts, Paul Cypher, Richard Naber Visitors: Ron and Gloria Harkness Darlene Friedman Linda Roberts Roger Kuhlman Benita Garner Don Sherwood Joe Bartell Jim Maki Weather: Sunny skies prevailed throughout the day today with just the occasional puff of cumulous as cloud cover. The winds were moderate west-southwest early becoming strong and gusty by late morning. Raptor Observations: While a great improvement over recent days, the flight overall was fairly modest given the conditions and time frame. Vultures moved fairly steadily from about the second hour of the count onward but in medium-sized discontinuous lines rather than any sort of large push. Still it was not a bad showing overall. Two pairs of the local Bald Eagles made countless meanderings over the count area during the middle portions of the day to the appreciation of the photographers present at the watch. Also highlighting the day was our third Golden Eagle of the season, although this individual was not as cooperative as the previous two, giving us only a brief view before being blown north by the wind. A little pulse of Kestrels in the afternoon was a nice surprise with the thirty-some recorded a nice total at this juncture in the season. Non-raptor Observations: Tree Swallows again moved in numbers early in the day. I have been seeing small groups of migrating Crows for a week or more now but today there were several groups today that held a hundred or more birds with perhaps four to five hundred in all noted. ======================================================================== 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
