SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1944 28937 30828 Osprey 2 16 204 Bald Eagle 0 18 133 Northern Harrier 6 149 654 Sharp-shinned Hawk 155 1004 5277 Cooper's Hawk 14 148 294 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 18 22 Broad-winged Hawk 2 2500 67952 Red-tailed Hawk 40 473 674 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 3 American Kestrel 1 162 1797 Merlin 0 8 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 33 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 1 5 8 Total: 2168 33444 107914 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Darlene Friedman, Paul Cypher Visitors: Charlene Borchers Linda Posonen Robert Epstein Jim Maki Pat Mulawa Richard Naber Robert Westland Gloria Harkness Laura and Christian Currie David English Tim Smart Bob Pettit Ron Harkness Weather: Early morning fog delayed the start of the count today. Otherwise conditions were sunny and somewhat hazy with little or no cloud cover. Winds were light west early becoming light to moderate southeast by mid morning. Raptor Observations: The migration overall today was quite stagnant and dominated by vultures, a typical scenario given the weather conditions and wind direction. Much of the flight was predictably well to the north especially as the day wore on. One highlight from early in the day was a dark-morph SwainsonÂ’s Hawk, the fourth of that species in two days. Non-raptor Observations: There was a very interesting mix of non-raptor highlights today. The most remarkable was a Gull-billed Tern seen during the second hour of the count, only the second of this species seen in the state. Other good sightings included Hudsonian Godwit, Northern Mockingbird, Trumpeter Swan and two hummingbirds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
