SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 212 1120 1120 Osprey 6 137 137 Bald Eagle 12 127 127 Northern Harrier 28 398 398 Sharp-shinned Hawk 271 5939 5939 Cooper's Hawk 4 138 138 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 342 83030 83030 Red-tailed Hawk 30 320 320 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 46 944 944 Merlin 0 25 25 Peregrine Falcon 2 26 26 Unknown 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 954 92217 92217 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 9.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Allen Chartier, Fred Kirn, Jim Maki, Ron Harkness Visitors: Richard Naber Jeff Musial Larry Snyder/Ed ? Weather: Sunny conditions prevailed throughout the day today with cumulous clouds building up nicely in the afternoon providing excellent conditions overall for hawk-watching. Winds were generally out of the west becoming somewhat strong and gusty by late morning and throughout the afternoon. Raptor Observations: After a somewhat slow start, the flight picked up nicely by mid morning and continued steady even into the early evening. Typical of days with west dominated winds; birds were spread over the whole of the sky. Much of the early movement was knocked down by the gusty winds and many birds passed by low, but as the thermal- producing cumulous developed quite a bit of the flight became very high, but overall there was a good mix of low and high birds. Today was really the first time that mixed kettles of several species were seen, a usual occurrence as the flights become more and more vulture-dominated. 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
