SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 202 50423 52208 Osprey 0 44 191 Bald Eagle 0 55 194 Northern Harrier 0 217 717 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2904 9609 Cooper's Hawk 1 287 460 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 8 311 319 Broad-winged Hawk 0 39 69574 Red-tailed Hawk 14 1544 1907 Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 12 12 American Kestrel 0 206 1268 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: 227 56082 136570 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 13:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 1.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, Ron Harkness Weather: Heavy overcast and intermittent rain dominated the day with a short-lived break in the weather occurring in the mid afternoon. Winds were moderate southeast. Raptor Observations: Some limited coverage was undertaken in the afternoon during the break at which time there a short burst in activity. 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/