SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 51 151 151 Osprey 14 109 109 Bald Eagle 2 63 63 Northern Harrier 3 304 304 Sharp-shinned Hawk 241 2303 2303 Cooper's Hawk 3 65 65 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 76 18544 18544 Red-tailed Hawk 4 73 73 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 82 1022 1022 Merlin 1 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 2 12 12 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 480 22667 22667 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Jeff Schultz, Lathe Claflin Visitors: Evelyn Merrimen et al. Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Jim Maki John Elliott Bruce Roberts Tim Smart Weather: Sunny skies in the morning gave way to increasing cloudiness during the afternoon. Winds were moderate to fairly strong west-southwest throughout the day. Raptor Observations: Migration was fairly active early in the day and stayed steady but moderate until mid afternoon when the flight dropped off sharply with the advance of the overcast conditions. There was no build up in the Broad-wing movement as anticipated with the flight overall dominated by Sharpies and Kestrels. Today also saw the largest movement of vultures so far this fall. Two Peregrines seen early in the day put on a nice show for the onlookers, continuing to interplay and vocalize as they flew off out of sight to the south. Non-raptor Observations: Again today there was a strong movement of hummingbirds and swifts as well as Northern Rough-winged Swallows. Two Red-headed Woodpeckers were also noted. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
