SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 36 416 416 Osprey 5 197 197 Bald Eagle 3 81 81 Northern Harrier 2 342 342 Sharp-shinned Hawk 86 4908 4908 Cooper's Hawk 6 120 120 Northern Goshawk 1 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 12 90790 90790 Red-tailed Hawk 2 266 266 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 2 1426 1426 Merlin 0 50 50 Peregrine Falcon 1 16 16 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 9 9 Total: 156 98626 98626 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Tim Smart Weather: Rain and drizzle persisted into early morning today with conditions gradually improving by mid morning. The rest of the day saw mostly cloudy skies with occasional sunny periods. Winds began lightly from the southwest, picking up out of the west by noon and becoming quite strong and gusty in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: With the persistence of the heavier cloud and the relative briefness of the sunny intervals, the flight was light and quite sporadic. Highlighting the day was our second September Northern Goshawk. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/