SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 5059 65288 67179 Osprey 3 35 223 Bald Eagle 2 58 173 Northern Harrier 18 241 746 Sharp-shinned Hawk 116 3495 7768 Cooper's Hawk 32 358 504 Northern Goshawk 1 4 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 25 190 194 Broad-winged Hawk 0 2503 67955 Red-tailed Hawk 288 1369 1570 Rough-legged Hawk 1 3 3 Golden Eagle 4 10 11 American Kestrel 1 211 1846 Merlin 0 13 40 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 40 Unknown Swainson's Hawk 0 6 9 Total: 5550 73795 148265 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Don Sherwood, Raburn Howland Visitors: Joe Bartell Pete Przybylski Jim Maki Tim Smart Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Peter Schreimer Weather: Today was sunny for much of the early part of the day with some high cirrus cloud. There was a gradual increase in cloud cover particularly in the afternoon when heavy cloud cover moved into the area ahead of tonight’s forecast rain. Winds were light southeast early becoming moderate by late morning. Raptor Observations: A somewhat slow start to the day turned into a very steady flight with good numbers for most species and very good diversity overall. In addition to another impressive TV flight, this was the biggest movement of Red-tails thus far and included a juvenile “Western” type – more heavily marked on the underside and under wing coverts, more uniformly dark above with less contrast between the tail and the rest of the upper parts than a juvenile “Eastern” would show. Other highlights of the day included great looks at a juvenile Northern Goshawk, an adult male Northern Harrier, a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk as well as 4 Golden Eagles including two in tandem. Non-raptor Observations: Other migrants noted today were Fox Sparrows and Lapland Longspurs. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/