SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 215 3405 72689 Osprey 0 1 225 Bald Eagle 2 11 189 Northern Harrier 5 60 822 Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 248 8372 Cooper's Hawk 8 98 683 Northern Goshawk 0 0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 14 517 759 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk 112 2514 4686 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 9 Golden Eagle 1 43 62 American Kestrel 0 6 1859 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 45 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Total: 398 6912 158416 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Fred Kirn, Raburn Howland Visitors: Jim Maki Joe Bartell Tex Wells Skip Zabel Pete Przybylski Stan Kowalski Bruce Roberts Weather: Sunny skies prevailed throughout the day today although conditions overall were a bit hazy. Winds were light to moderate southwest early becoming west during the morning and then southwest again at noon. Raptor Observations: Much of the movement today was before the noon hour with the bulk of these birds overhead and low. Once the wind shifted back to the southwest, the flight line drifted well to the north before dissipating altogether in the early afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: There was a considerable migration of passerines today, mostly Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles along with lesser numbers of Horned Larks, American Pipits and Lapland Longspurs. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
