SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 252 252 Osprey 10 189 189 Bald Eagle 2 65 65 Northern Harrier 25 286 286 Sharp-shinned Hawk 489 4263 4263 Cooper's Hawk 12 82 82 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2859 80880 80880 Red-tailed Hawk 5 176 176 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 155 1233 1233 Merlin 1 46 46 Peregrine Falcon 2 13 13 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 8 8 Total: 3564 87495 87495 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Kevin Meek, Terry Angevine Visitors: Jim Maki Al Kostyniak Gerry Stanley Weather: Todays conditions were very much similar to yesterday with clear sunny skies prevailing. The biggest difference was the wind direction, which was west-southwest in the morning but swinging around to the southeast by noon. Raptor Observations: What started out as a very good flight petered out in the early afternoon with the wind shift. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
