SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 647 1883 1883 Osprey 10 207 207 Bald Eagle 13 127 127 Northern Harrier 15 256 256 Sharp-shinned Hawk 282 3606 3606 Cooper's Hawk 19 134 134 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 23 23 Broad-winged Hawk 111 185289 185289 Red-tailed Hawk 93 328 328 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 108 656 656 Merlin 2 36 36 Peregrine Falcon 3 13 13 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 2 Total: 1305 192560 192560 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 10 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus, Paul Cypher Weather: Today saw mostly sunny skies and generous amounts of cloud, ideal conditions for hawk watching. Winds were generally light throughout the day coming from the north-northeast in the morning switching to south-southeast late in the day. Observations: The flight was split in the morning with both count sites manned at that time. Point Mouillee was used exclusively in the afternoon once the northern flight line dried up until the switch in wind occurred when a return to the boat launch was made. Numbers were much improved over recent days as was the diversity, the day being highlighted by the sighting of a partially albino Red-tailed Hawk. Warbler observations continued to be an added bonus for all those assembled to see the raptor migration with a good number of species seen near both count locations. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/