SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 799 2314 Osprey 1 9 217 Bald Eagle 1 2 98 Northern Harrier 0 4 379 Sharp-shinned Hawk 31 504 6184 Cooper's Hawk 2 23 200 Northern Goshawk 0 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 6 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 90990 Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 375 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 11 1568 Merlin 1 2 55 Peregrine Falcon 3 8 28 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Total: 42 1386 102426 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Fred Kirn, Jim Maki Visitors: Walt Pawloski Weather: The warm hazy rather early September-like weather continued for another day. The winds were light to moderate from the southeast. Raptor Observations: The overall breakdown of the flight today was very similar to yesterday but with slightly more diversity. Once again the Peregrines recorded highlighted the day. Non-raptor Observations: I think it is noteworthy that as yesterday there was a light yet steady passage of Monarchs. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
