SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 778 778 Osprey 4 122 122 Bald Eagle 0 111 111 Northern Harrier 9 345 345 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 5507 5507 Cooper's Hawk 0 127 127 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 82483 82483 Red-tailed Hawk 0 272 272 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 892 892 Merlin 0 25 25 Peregrine Falcon 2 19 19 Unknown 8 8 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1 Total: 23 90691 90691 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Ron Harkness Weather: Rain and thunderstorms delayed the start of today’s count until mid morning. The remainder of the day saw overcast skies and occasional sprinkles. Winds were quite variable throughout the count period varying from nil to moderate and from west to north-northwest. Raptor Observations: Very few birds were recorded overall during this gray damp day with Harriers leading the way, a species that seems to migrate in all possible weather conditions. Non-raptor Observations: Large numbers of Tree Swallows foraged over various portions of the channel during the day today with the biggest groups numbering 1000-1500 birds. A fair number of warblers were also present around the area including Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Redstart, Magnolia, Nashville, Cape May and many Blackpolls. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/