SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 19 59 59 Osprey 12 50 50 Bald Eagle 7 19 19 Northern Harrier 26 81 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 14 14 Cooper's Hawk 5 10 10 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 27 46 46 Red-tailed Hawk 27 69 69 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 34 55 55 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 0 Total: 162 404 404 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Jeff Schultz Observers: Calvin Brennan, Dave Mendus, Matt Pety Visitors: Charlene Borchers Julie Craves Darrin O'Brien Tim Smart Pat Mulawa Weather: Today again saw mostly sunny conditions with a mix of cloud over the course of the day. Winds were generally light throughout the day, starting in the northeast and making their way around to the southeast by early afternoon. Raptor Observations: The flight was very much similar to yesterday in number and composition and highlighted by the first Merlin of the season. Much of the movement was to the north of the count area, typical given the wind direction. Harriers continued to be one of the most numerous species recorded along with what seems to be a substantial early season movement of juvenile Red-tails. Non-raptor Observations: Although no estimate was attempted, Monarchs moved through at a continuous pace all day long so most of numbered in the high hundreds conservatively. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/