>From my yard while trying to do garden work @#%%^& Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler [#149 for my yard list], Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, one Nighthawk and 12 Common Loons flying over.
Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 15 19:56:32 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A217963B74 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 28305 invoked by uid 30); 15 Sep 2006 23:52:45 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15 Sep 2006 19:09:45 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (15 Sep 2006) 2588 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:56:32 -0000 SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 17 87 87 Osprey 3 73 73 Bald Eagle 4 55 55 Northern Harrier 41 264 264 Sharp-shinned Hawk 246 1524 1524 Cooper's Hawk 13 54 54 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1979 15091 15091 Red-tailed Hawk 9 55 55 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 271 813 813 Merlin 3 14 14 Peregrine Falcon 1 9 9 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 2588 18041 18041 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:45:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, Jeff Loughman, Jeff Schultz, John Elliot Visitors: Dan Siemen Stan Kowalski Jim Maki Fred Kirn Jerry and Cathy Stanley Mike Fitzpatrick Will Weber Pat Mulawa Dave English Rick Nertial Weather: Substantial cloud cover until late morning made for a slow start to the count today. Partial clearing occurred during the late morning but there was still a good bit of cloud persisting throughout the remainder of the day. Winds were light to moderate north-northwest for much of the day and then abruptly switched to southeast in the late afternoon. Raptor Observations: As mentioned above, there was very little in the way of movement until the skies brightened in late morning. There was a sharp pick-up in the flight at that time although it was still a bit inconsistent, coming in pulses of activity rather than a continuous flow of birds. A large percentage of the birds recorded for the day were seen during a two-hour period at midday, after which the flight tapered off sharply. Perhaps most impressive was the very good Kestrel flight with a one-hour total of 172 between noon and 1pm representing more than half the total for the today. Also highlighting the day was the seasons first Red-shouldered Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: =======================================================================Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
