Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2003
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 1164 1309
Osprey 0 13 120
Bald Eagle 0 20 29
Northern Harrier 6 143 197
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 967 1740
Cooper's Hawk 1 35 61
Northern Goshawk 0 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 15 18
Broad-winged Hawk 0 181 276
Red-tailed Hawk 1 115 187
Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 6
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 256 576
Merlin 0 21 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 12 29
Unknown 0 146 191
Total: 11 3097 4792
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Colleen & Mike Boudreau, Greg Stuart, Jerry Walsh,
Rayfield Pye
Visitors:
welcome to Gordon Bellerby of Niagara-on-the-lake.
Weather:
very light NW winds reverted to SE by 10AM; overcast;up to 11C, then temp.
started to fall;
steady, then falling BP
Observations:
very few--- 6 N.Harriers, 1 SS, 1 CH, 1 Red-sgouldered,
1 Kestrel
some excellent birds--- FOX SPARROW, TOWHEE, AM.PIPITS,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, JUNCO, SWAMP SPARROW
DUCKS--MALLARD, BLACK, WIGEON, SHOVELER, PINTAIL, GADWALL, BLUE-WINGED and
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
WILSON'S SNIPES,3 SNOW GEESE, DUNLINS, our first AM.TREE SPARROW, and our
family of WHITE-CROWNED, WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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