SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 660 101907 103422 Osprey 0 29 237 Bald Eagle 2 73 169 Northern Harrier 0 177 552 Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 2757 8437 Cooper's Hawk 29 553 730 Northern Goshawk 1 28 30 Red-shouldered Hawk 38 870 874 Broad-winged Hawk 0 106 91089 Red-tailed Hawk 212 6452 6813 Rough-legged Hawk 2 55 55 Golden Eagle 6 61 61 American Kestrel 0 182 1739 Merlin 3 18 71 Peregrine Falcon 0 27 47 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 978 113297 214337 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, Jeff Schultz Weather: Today was a clear and cloudless day with light to moderate west winds becoming moderate southwest in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: As yesterday the flight took some time to develop with some decent movement in the late morning and early afternoon. Typical of southerly component winds, much of the movement was to the north of the count area and tapered off as the birds were gradually pushed further away. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
