SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2131 85004 86519 Osprey 2 28 236 Bald Eagle 7 56 152 Northern Harrier 3 114 489 Sharp-shinned Hawk 47 2342 8022 Cooper's Hawk 14 313 490 Northern Goshawk 1 19 21 Red-shouldered Hawk 34 361 365 Broad-winged Hawk 0 105 91088 Red-tailed Hawk 326 2395 2756 Rough-legged Hawk 1 26 26 Golden Eagle 2 12 12 American Kestrel 1 171 1728 Merlin 3 14 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 46 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 2572 90988 192028 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bob Ake, Fred Kirn, Jeff Schultz, Raburn Howland Visitors: Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Walt Pawloski Darlene Friedman Weather: Today began mostly cloudy becoming mostly sunny by mid morning only to cloud over again early in the afternoon. Winds were light and variable early, becoming light to moderate east-northeast at mid morning but gradually bearing all the way around to south-southeast in the early afternoon. Raptor Observations: After a slow start the flight was as variable as the weather conditions with peaks of activity during the late morning hours then again during the last two hours of the count. Diversity overall was very good and today was the best showing of Red-tails and Red-shoulders since the record TV day on the 9th, highlighted by an adult rufous morph Red-tail. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
