SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 101 3262 62668 Osprey 0 3 194 Bald Eagle 1 10 205 Northern Harrier 3 53 801 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 134 9873 Cooper's Hawk 16 154 661 Northern Goshawk 0 0 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 74 532 956 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 574 4142 6846 Rough-legged Hawk 1 13 17 Golden Eagle 5 52 86 American Kestrel 0 2 1274 Merlin 0 2 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 3 64 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: 783 8362 153271 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bruce Roberts, Lathe Claflin Visitors: Rodney Laura Robert Westland Weather: Sunny skies prevailed throughout the day today with little or no cloud cover. Winds were light east-southeast becoming moderate southeast in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Much of the morning flight, which was considerable, was low and overhead with the movement overall being gradually pushed to the north as the day continued. A heavy push of Red-tails and Red-shoulders was seen during the late morning to about mid afternoon with the activity dropping off sharply thereafter. It was very nice to see so many juvenile Red-shoulders represented in todays totals particularly this late in the season, although I believe the overall percentage this fall still favors the adults. This continues the trend of the last number of years of more adults than juveniles in the overall numbers for the species. Non-raptor Observations: Common Redpolls continue to be noted as singles or in small groups flying over the watch along with considerable numbers of Pine Siskins. Most noteworthy today though was a single flyover Evening Grosbeak. ======================================================================== 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
