SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3098 88102 89617 Osprey 0 28 236 Bald Eagle 2 58 154 Northern Harrier 21 135 510 Sharp-shinned Hawk 68 2410 8090 Cooper's Hawk 42 355 532 Northern Goshawk 2 21 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 79 440 444 Broad-winged Hawk 0 105 91088 Red-tailed Hawk 384 2779 3140 Rough-legged Hawk 3 29 29 Golden Eagle 2 14 14 American Kestrel 4 175 1732 Merlin 0 14 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 26 46 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 3705 94693 195733 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, John Elliot Weather: Today was mostly sunny early becoming mostly cloudy by late morning. Winds were strong and gusty throughout the day out of the northeast. Raptor Observations: The flight was similar in breakdown to yesterday but steady throughout the day and as a result numbers were higher overall. While there was still considerable numbers of TVs, the most notable movement was of the Buteos, highlighted by an adult dark morph Red-tail and an adult rufous morph Red-tail. Non-raptor Observations: Today was the first day that a large passage of crows was noted. Their movement was steady all day long with numbers certainly in the tens of thousands. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
