SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5 5 5 Osprey 3 8 8 Bald Eagle 2 6 6 Northern Harrier 2 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 14 14 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 18 53 53 Red-tailed Hawk 5 9 9 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 11 16 16 Merlin 1 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 58 122 122 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Dave Mendus, Don Sherwood, Jeff Schultz, Tim Smart Visitors: Gloria Harkness Ron Harkness Bob Pettit Jim Maki Weather: Skies partly cleared overnight making for a partly sunny morning and a mostly sunny afternoon. Winds were light to moderate and for the most part, out of the west. Raptor Observations: The hawk flight was overall a bit slow but certainly an improvement over yesterday. Highlighting the day was the seasons first Peregrine Falcon with perhaps the same individual making several stoops on prey over Gibraltar during the latter stages of the count. Non-raptor Observations: A small number of Common Nighthawks were noted migrating south today. Small numbers of Lesser Yellowlegs have been moving through the last several days with some stopping to feed on the floating weed beds along the channel edge. Some Least Sandpipers were seen here today as well. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
