DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 2 2 Turkey Vulture 18 32450 33833 Osprey 0 26 137 Bald Eagle 2 33 97 Northern Harrier 0 40 127 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1133 3425 Cooper's Hawk 1 109 229 Northern Goshawk 0 3 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 106 109 Broad-winged Hawk 0 17 36216 Red-tailed Hawk 11 1030 1153 Rough-legged Hawk 0 5 5 Golden Eagle 0 17 17 American Kestrel 0 88 397 Merlin 0 5 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 18 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 32 35071 75784 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Josh Haas Observers: Calvin Brennan, Rodney Laura Visitors: Saul Hanft Weather: Mostly cloudy conditions in the morning became mostly sunny conditions in the afternoon. A few sprinkles were seen early in the day. Winds were strong and gusty from the south-southwest varying to west-southwest. Raptor Observations: Migration continued slow for another day with just 32 birds of 4 species noted. 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/