SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 13 100 100 Osprey 21 94 94 Bald Eagle 5 60 60 Northern Harrier 35 299 299 Sharp-shinned Hawk 428 1952 1952 Cooper's Hawk 6 60 60 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 3375 18466 18466 Red-tailed Hawk 14 69 69 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 117 930 930 Merlin 1 15 15 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 10 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 1 2 2 Total: 4017 22058 22058 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, Chuck Owens, Jeff Loughman, Jeff Schultz Weather: Today was again overcast for much of the early part of the day, making for a very slow start to the count. Skies did begin to brighten by midday and the afternoon ended up being mostly sunny. Winds were light and variable early in the day becoming moderate southeast in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight picked up markedly when the weather improved at midday. Some decent sized kettles of Broad-wings were recorded during the early afternoon but unfortunately much of the movement was well to the north, quite predictably given the wind direction in the afternoon. The seasonÂ’s second SwainsonÂ’s Hawk was noted moving with this flight of Broad-wings to the north. Otherwise, the flight was dominated by a large Sharpie movement and another very good Kestrel migration as well as the largest Osprey movement of the season, many of these birds flying directly over the watch, to the appreciation of about 150 people gathered for the annual hawkfest celebration. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
