SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1462 8638 10423 Osprey 0 31 178 Bald Eagle 0 30 169 Northern Harrier 0 129 629 Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 1294 7999 Cooper's Hawk 6 119 292 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 17 25 Broad-winged Hawk 1 32 69567 Red-tailed Hawk 30 178 541 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 115 1177 Merlin 0 9 35 Peregrine Falcon 0 21 56 Unknown 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1562 10613 91101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Allen Chartier, Bruce Roberts, Patrick Mulawa, Ron Harkness Visitors: Benita and Michael Garner Larry Snyder Weather: Today saw a mix of sun and cloud although much of the middle portions of the day were overcast. Winds were light from the west early in the day becoming moderate to fairly strong northwest mid morning and then west-northwest by mid afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight was about as spread out as it could be in response to the varying wind direction and absence/presence of breaks in the cloud cover. There was a very good lift off of vultures early in the day followed by a bit of a lull until the biggest push of birds came through during the late morning and early afternoon. After this time there was smaller pulses of birds until the end of the day. There was a smattering of other birds passing through over the course of the day and overall there were less Buteos than the previous day. 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
