SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 49 3846 73130 Osprey 0 1 225 Bald Eagle 6 19 197 Northern Harrier 1 239 1001 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 277 8401 Cooper's Hawk 16 152 737 Northern Goshawk 0 1 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 53 780 1022 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk 294 4152 6324 Rough-legged Hawk 2 20 27 Golden Eagle 9 86 105 American Kestrel 0 8 1861 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 47 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Short-eared Owl 0 1 1 Total: 431 9591 161095 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Ron Harkness, Terry Angevine Visitors: Allen Chartier Cathy and Steve Varkoly Weather: Today was a rare sunny day with just a bit of cumulous buildup in the afternoon. Winds were for the most part light and varying from west to north. Raptor Observations: A steady movement was recorded throughout the day, although with the light winds the flight was spread over a very broad front, making for diligent scanning in the mostly blue skies. Highlighting the day was the late day push of Golden Eagles, several of these spectacularly lit up in the late afternoon sunlight. Bald Eagles were particularly evident as well today, in fact both species were in view at once on more than one occasion. Also two Rough-legs were noted, one of each morph, noteworthy because of their infrequency this fall. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
