SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 32 40 40 Osprey 14 38 38 Bald Eagle 7 12 12 Northern Harrier 29 55 55 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 10 10 Cooper's Hawk 2 5 5 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 17 19 19 Red-tailed Hawk 31 42 42 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 13 21 21 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 151 242 242 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Charlene Borchers, Chuck Owens, Don Sherwood, Jeff Schultz Visitors: Anne Hanft Saul Hanft Gloria Harkness Ron Harkness Weather: Today saw mostly sunny conditions prevail but with plenty of clouds as a backdrop on which to detect high flyers. Winds were light to moderate from the west-northwest. Raptor Observations: The flight was an improvement over the first two days but still modest in comparison to days to come. After a slow start, there was a more or less steady trickle of birds until mid afternoon when the movement dropped off. Non-raptor Observations: Of particular note today was the considerable hummingbird migration that took place. A rough estimate from most of the day coupled with a concerted effort to take a count during the last two hours yielded a conservative tally of 211 hummingbirds for the day. Undoubtedly several times that number passed through undetected. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/