SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 79 163 163 Osprey 7 56 56 Bald Eagle 7 34 34 Northern Harrier 2 99 99 Sharp-shinned Hawk 269 1315 1315 Cooper's Hawk 2 56 56 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2699 3152 3152 Red-tailed Hawk 5 67 67 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 22 418 418 Merlin 1 17 17 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7 Unknown Total: 3093 5385 5385 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Bruce Roberts, Fred Kirn, Lathe Claflin Visitors: Jim Maki Mike Sefton Weather: As with the last couple of days, much of the morning was cloudy today with conditions improving rapidly around noon. Sunny conditions dominated the afternoon hours. Winds were moderate to fairly strong west becoming west-southwest by mid afternoon. Raptor Observations: Even during the cloud cover in the morning, Sharpies moved steadily and continued to into the early afternoon, tapering off once the entire flight line shifted to the north. The first Broad-wing kettles were seen at noon and there were several good pulses during the afternoon with the largest group being about 15 hundred birds. Undoubtedly there were more birds to the north as some of the kettles detected later in the day were at the limit of focus in the spotting scope. In addition to this first good push of the season recorded for Broad-wings was the best movement of TVs seen so far. A couple of interesting side bars to the flight today: an observer in Ontario near Holiday Beach photographed a Swallow-tailed Kite around 230pm; an observer birding the Metropark museum trail reported a dark-morph Broad-winged Hawk. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
