SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 130 908 908 Osprey 9 131 131 Bald Eagle 4 115 115 Northern Harrier 25 370 370 Sharp-shinned Hawk 161 5668 5668 Cooper's Hawk 7 134 134 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 205 82688 82688 Red-tailed Hawk 18 290 290 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 6 898 898 Merlin 0 25 25 Peregrine Falcon 5 24 24 Unknown 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 572 91263 91263 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Don Sherwood, Raburn Howland Visitors: Cliff Tally Benita Garner Bruce Roberts Jim Maki Ron Harkness Anne and Saul Hanft Pete Przybylski Weather: Heavy overcast conditions gradually gave way to lighter cloud cover and eventually to some clearing in the west. It never did clear completely but the afternoon was partly to mainly sunny. Winds were generally light and varied from west to west-northwest. Raptor Observations: The flight took some time to develop but with the brighter skies gradually building into the area, there was a steady movement from about noon through the end of the day. Many of the Broad-wing groups were disorganized ranging from a few birds to a few dozen birds, and as with the days movement in general, arranged themselves over the whole sky rather than in any particular flight path. Highlighting the day overall were the five Peregrines observed and the two Red-shoulders noted, which included the seasons first adult bird. Non-raptor Observations: Blue Jays migrated in tremendous numbers today. They quite literally were passing through at every moment of the day, although the activity lessened in the afternoon. There were a number of instances when there was a stream of jays in every corner of the sky. Undoubtedly tens of thousands of birds migrated perhaps even approaching six digits in all. ======================================================================== 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
