SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 10 10 Osprey 6 21 21 Bald Eagle 11 20 20 Northern Harrier 2 14 14 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 93 93 Cooper's Hawk 10 18 18 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 34 130 130 Red-tailed Hawk 7 21 21 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 20 96 96 Merlin 0 3 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2 Unknown Total: 124 428 428 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Jim Maki Tim Smart Weather: Today saw clearing in the morning, becoming mainly sunny but with substantial amounts of cumulous clouds developing. By late afternoon, heavier clouds moved into the area along with thunderstorms. Winds were light and somewhat variable during the morning becoming moderate southeast in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Todays migration was similar to yesterdays movement with a slow buildup but dropping off more quickly in the afternoon, perhaps influenced by the wind direction and the developing weather system. There was no particularly well-established flight line, with birds scattered over the entire sky, not unusual given the light winds. Highlighting the day was the considerable Bald Eagle passage including a kettling group of seven juveniles seen during the early afternoon. Overall for the day, 124 birds of 10 species were tallied. Non-raptor Observations: This was the busiest day for Monarchs so far this fall. From about mid morning on through to the end of the day, you could scan in any direction, high or low, near or far and see a continuous flow of butterflies. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
