SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3621 54044 55829 Osprey 0 44 191 Bald Eagle 0 55 194 Northern Harrier 5 222 722 Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 2962 9667 Cooper's Hawk 16 303 476 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 76 387 395 Broad-winged Hawk 0 39 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 389 1933 2296 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 8 20 20 American Kestrel 1 207 1269 Merlin 0 12 38 Peregrine Falcon 0 25 60 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 4175 60257 140745 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Calvin Brennan, Jeff Schultz, Paul Cypher Visitors: Darlene Friedman Richard Naber Ron and Gloria Harkness Pat Mulawa Stan Kowalski Steve Santner Skip Zabel Bob Pettit Jim Maki Bruce and Linda Roberts Don Sherwood Frank Kitakis Weather: Skies were generally clear throughout the day today with just a bit of cumulous forming in the afternoon. Winds were light out of the west early becoming moderate and gusty west-northwest. Raptor Observations: After two days of damp gray weather, it was perhaps not surprising that it took some time for any sort of sizable flight to develop. By midday there was a steady if modest movement of birds, which would build throughout the afternoon with the biggest push of birds being during the last couple of hours of the count. Highlighting the day was another good Buteo movement including a dark morph Rough-leg and a rufous morph Red-tail. The best part of the day for many of the good-sized crowd assembled at the watch today were the Golden Eagles tallied, particularly the last couple seen late in the day that were overhead and fairly low. 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
