SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7 79 79 Osprey 6 67 67 Bald Eagle 0 21 21 Northern Harrier 2 92 92 Sharp-shinned Hawk 82 116 116 Cooper's Hawk 1 14 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 5 118 118 Red-tailed Hawk 3 83 83 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 5 86 86 Merlin 1 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 112 678 678 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Paul Cypher Weather: Conditions were similar to yesterday with sunny skies and moderate southeast winds predominating. Visibility was reduced somewhat from recent days as a light haze hung in the air for much of the day. Raptor Observations: The flight was light and steady for much of the day but with little diversity and dominated by the Sharp-shin passage. Non-raptor Observations: There was another impressive movement of Purple Martins during the morning hours today equal to or greater than the one on September 1 when 1500 were estimated. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/