SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 661 99945 101460 Osprey 0 29 237 Bald Eagle 4 67 163 Northern Harrier 5 170 545 Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 2688 8368 Cooper's Hawk 19 479 656 Northern Goshawk 2 26 28 Red-shouldered Hawk 69 763 767 Broad-winged Hawk 0 106 91089 Red-tailed Hawk 343 5354 5715 Rough-legged Hawk 2 50 50 Golden Eagle 2 37 37 American Kestrel 0 182 1739 Merlin 0 14 67 Peregrine Falcon 0 27 47 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 1 10 Total: 1127 109939 210979 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Leroy Yoder et. al. from Holmes Co., Ohio Tim Smart Paul Cypher Weather: Today was mostly sunny with some cumulous clouds in the afternoon to provide a good background for spotting raptors. The winds were moderate north-northwest. Raptor Observations: The flight was an improvement over the last couple of days but perhaps not as grand as anticipated given what seemed to be ideal conditions. However the quality of the flight was very good and there were some excellent views of birds particularly the Golden Eagles and Rough-legs that were seen for the day much to the appreciation of those assembled. 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/