SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 341 899 104425 Osprey 0 2 241 Bald Eagle 1 6 177 Northern Harrier 4 11 563 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 41 8491 Cooper's Hawk 13 34 779 Northern Goshawk 0 1 31 Red-shouldered Hawk 27 43 918 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 91089 Red-tailed Hawk 321 462 7297 Rough-legged Hawk 2 5 61 Golden Eagle 4 12 76 American Kestrel 1 3 1742 Merlin 0 3 74 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 48 Unknown 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 10 Total: 722 1523 216023 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Darlene Friedman, Fred Kirn, Walt Pawloski Visitors: Macklin Smith Pete Przybylski Tom Weeker Tim Smart Alan Ryff Weather: Today saw a mix of sun and cloud with moderate west-northwest winds. Raptor Observations: With the cooler temperatures today and the first really appropriate wind direction in some time, the flight was steady throughout the day even into early evening. I suppose what shouldn’t be surprising is that the vultures continue to move in good numbers. They were balanced against a very good Buteo movement to produce the best passage of birds this month thus far. Non-raptor Observations: Cave Swallows continue to be the hot topic at the watch as far as non-raptors. The sightings today were 5 at 1:20, 5 at 2:25 and a mixed group of 30+ at 2:45. This latter group was predominately Caves mixed with a few Trees. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/