SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 26, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 3862 73146 Osprey 0 1 225 Bald Eagle 0 22 200 Northern Harrier 1 242 1004 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 280 8404 Cooper's Hawk 0 160 745 Northern Goshawk 0 1 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 802 1044 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 67956 Red-tailed Hawk 8 4355 6527 Rough-legged Hawk 0 22 29 Golden Eagle 0 105 124 American Kestrel 0 8 1861 Merlin 0 3 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 6 47 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 0 9 Short-eared Owl 0 1 1 Total: 10 9870 161374 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Charlene Borchers Visitors: Stan Kowalski Gloria and Ron Harkness Bruce Roberts Jim Maki Tim Smart Paul Cypher Weather: Today saw a mix of sun and cloud as well as unseasonably warm temperatures. The winds were moderate south-southwest becoming easterly in the afternoon. Raptor Observations: 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/