SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 380 380 Osprey 0 192 192 Bald Eagle 0 78 78 Northern Harrier 1 340 340 Sharp-shinned Hawk 46 4822 4822 Cooper's Hawk 2 114 114 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 90778 90778 Red-tailed Hawk 0 264 264 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1424 1424 Merlin 0 50 50 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 15 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 9 9 Total: 49 98470 98470 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus, Paul Cypher, Tim Smart Visitors: Darlene Friedman Gloria Harkness Ron Harkness Jim Maki Weather: The count was delayed early in the day due to fog. Visibility throughout the day was greatly reduced in haze and fog. Winds were light to moderate out of the southeast. Raptor Observations: There was very little in the way of a raptor flight with seemingly very few birds feeling the urge to fly in advance of the approaching weather system. Non-raptor Observations: What was impressive today was the Blue Jay passage. This species has been migrating in considerable numbers for about a week now with perhaps todays movement the largest within that time frame. With a lack of hawks today, the counters undertook a systematic tally of the jays for the five hours of the watch and ended up with a total of 35,718 birds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
