Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2003
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 13 681 826
Osprey 0 13 120
Bald Eagle 0 18 27
Northern Harrier 1 95 149
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 870 1643
Cooper's Hawk 0 28 54
Northern Goshawk 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 180 275
Red-tailed Hawk 12 54 126
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 209 529
Merlin 1 18 44
Peregrine Falcon 1 11 28
Unknown 0 134 179
Total: 43 2318 4013
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Colleen & Mike Boufreau, Dan Kaczynski, Jim McKnight,
King Baker
Visitors:
3 visitors came down, having "heard" about us via emailing OntBirds
Weather:
light northerly reverted to medium SW winds by mid-AM;
falling BP all morning--by 1300 the skies were overcast;
15C
Observations:
13 TVs, 14 Sharpies, 1 male N.Harrier, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK
came through very low; 12 Red-taileds, 1 Merlin,
1 Peregrine
an immature DICKCISSEL remained with us all AM, as he
stayed with 3 sparrow spp.--this was a "great" bird for
this area; he fed with the sparrows along the pathway
leading to our platform.
an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE flew westward along the lakefront
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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