SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 840 4330 4330 Osprey 2 217 217 Bald Eagle 2 143 143 Northern Harrier 2 283 283 Sharp-shinned Hawk 206 4359 4359 Cooper's Hawk 21 213 213 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 13 47 47 Broad-winged Hawk 4 185375 185375 Red-tailed Hawk 200 815 815 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 14 879 879 Merlin 2 41 41 Peregrine Falcon 2 19 19 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 1308 196724 196724 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Lathe Claflin Visitors: Darlene Friedman Jim Maki Pete Przybylski Weather: Today was a bright and sunny day with no cloud cover worth mentioning at any time during the day. Winds were generally light out of the west with an occasional gust from the west-northwest. In the late afternoon, the wind switched to moderate southeast. Observations: After a rather slow start, the flight picked up in late morning and was spread across the entire sky, making counting a challenge, particularly given the clear blue. Even with the dispersed flight, many of the birds were overhead and provided some excellent views including several adult Red-shoulders. As yesterday, the day was dominated by TVs and Red-tails and in discussions with Paul, it appears that both species set new highs for the month of September. Among those tallied for the day was an adult dark morph Red-tail. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
