SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 29 1926 56543 Osprey 0 7 256 Bald Eagle 2 15 197 Northern Harrier 0 18 371 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 111 6750 Cooper's Hawk 2 81 686 Northern Goshawk 2 31 52 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 361 1013 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 185382 Red-tailed Hawk 61 2519 7927 Rough-legged Hawk 1 53 114 Golden Eagle 1 64 97 American Kestrel 0 2 1007 Merlin 1 2 53 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 35 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 108 5190 260485 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Jim Maki, Terry Angevine, Walt Pawloski Weather: Today’s conditions were generally sunny with extensive high cirrus. Winds were moderate out of the southwest. Some heavier cloud cover moved into the area during the afternoon ahead of tonight’s forecast rain. Observations: The flight was quite slow overall with most birds passing well to the north of the count area. There were however some excellent close views of several of the raptors including the only Golden Eagle recorded for the day and an adult female Northern Goshawk. Sandhill Crane - 3 ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/