SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 158 2437 61843 Osprey 0 1 192 Bald Eagle 2 7 202 Northern Harrier 4 25 773 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 81 9820 Cooper's Hawk 11 69 576 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 110 344 768 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 169 2685 5389 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 9 Golden Eagle 5 30 64 American Kestrel 0 2 1274 Merlin 0 1 39 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 63 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 474 5689 150598 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Calvin Brennan, Paul Cypher Visitors: Rodney Laura Bruce and Linda Roberts Ron and Gloria Harkness Don Sherwood Rosemary Brady Jim Maki Dave English Weather: Today saw mostly overcast conditions for much of the day but with some sunny breaks particularly later in the day. Winds were light mainly varying from the west in the morning to southeast in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: As has been the pattern of late, the early part of the day was devoid of any movement of raptors. In fact, a large proportion of the flight was during about a three-hour period from late morning into the early afternoon. This compact movement is quite typical of November flights of birds and very unlike some of the late day pushes we have been seeing lately. Buteos dominated the flight on the whole per usual but today there was a very high percentage of Red-shoulders seen in the overall count for the day. Non-raptor Observations: Small flocks of migrating Tundra Swans have been noted the last couple of days along with large numbers of migrant diving ducks, mostly Scaup and Canvasback. ======================================================================== 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
