Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 67 2131 2276 Osprey 0 15 122 Bald Eagle 7 29 38 Northern Harrier 8 183 237 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 1109 1882 Cooper's Hawk 2 47 73 Northern Goshawk 5 13 16 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 163 166 Broad-winged Hawk 0 181 276 Red-tailed Hawk 218 964 1036 Rough-legged Hawk 7 20 20 Golden Eagle 1 3 3 American Kestrel 0 263 583 Merlin 1 22 48 Peregrine Falcon 0 12 29 Unknown 13 207 252 Total: 342 5362 7057 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dennis Barry, Ernie Baltz, Karl Jennewein, Margaret Carney Weather: cold (4C) medium northerly winds; steady BP Observations: 67 TV, 7 BALD EAGLE, 8 N.Harrier, 9 Sharpies, 2 Cooper's, 5 N.GOSHAWK, 4 Red-sgouldered, 218 Red-tailed, 7 ROUGH-LEGGED, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 Merlin, 13 Unidentifieds 30 SNOW BUNTINGS in fields on Hall's Rd., Snipe; Greater Yellowlegs, FOX SPARROW ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
