Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 384 Osprey 0 0 108 Bald Eagle 0 0 34 Northern Harrier 0 0 71 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 3 624 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 58 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 890 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 210 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 382 Merlin 1 1 32 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 13 Unknown 0 0 73 Total: 3 4 2882 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Jerry Walsh Observers: Bill Scott, Doug Lockrey, Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway Weather: Overnight drop and temp. seems to be a forerunner for the autumn; light southerly winds along the lakefront, and a sunny sky brought out 15 observers, BUT very few migrating hawks. BP rising, then falling; cloudless sky-; temp. 5-14C Observations: 2 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Merlin Blackk-throated Green W., Palm W., 1 PINE SISKIN, several Am.Pipits, Hermiot Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, 2 Brown Thrashers, Golden-crowned & Ruby-crowned Kinglets, E.Phoebe, Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Great Egrets, both Nuthatches Dowithcer at the Sobeys's Pond area to the northeast ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca
