SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2006
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 100 100
Osprey 1 95 95
Bald Eagle 1 61 61
Northern Harrier 2 301 301
Sharp-shinned Hawk 110 2062 2062
Cooper's Hawk 2 62 62
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2 18468 18468
Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 69
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 10 940 940
Merlin 1 16 16
Peregrine Falcon 0 10 10
Unknown
Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2
Total: 129 22187 22187
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Jeff Schultz
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Charlene Borchers, Darlene Friedman,
Josh Haas, Matt Pety
Visitors:
100+
Weather:
Today saw mostly sunny but hazy conditions persist throughout much of the
day. Winds were light to moderate south-southwest in the morning becoming
moderate to fairly strong south-southeast in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Perhaps quite predictably the flight today was a non-event with mostly
Sharp-shins migrating through. After several days of south winds it is not
unexpected that there would be a stagnation of the migration. We have seen
in years past with similar conditions and wind direction that a volume of
birds would indeed cross further north. But this didnt seem to be the
case today, confirmed by several observers that made a sojourn northward
and saw nothing that would indicate such a movement. So it would seem that
the peak Broad-wing flight is yet to occur, most likely after the strong
cold front that is predicted to pass through the area some time in the
next couple of days.
Non-raptor Observations:
========================================================================
Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
http://www.smrr.net/
