Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 141 270 654
Osprey 0 1 109
Bald Eagle 1 1 35
Northern Harrier 4 4 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 28 649
Cooper's Hawk 1 3 61
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 3
Broad-winged Hawk 3 4 894
Red-tailed Hawk 13 27 237
Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 2
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 32 414
Merlin 0 1 32
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 15
Unknown 2 5 78
Total: 181 380 3258
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Jerry Walsh
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Dennis Barry, Doug Lockrey,
Susan Morgan/Brian Steele
Weather:
light north, then south winds, rising BP, 12C and TUV=4, and reasonable
backdrop clouds brought forth 181 migating raptors--
Observations:
141 TV, 1 BALD EAGLE, 4 NH, 12 SS, 1 CH,
3 BROAD-WINGED, 13 RT, 2 AK, 2UB AND 2 ROUGH-LEGGEDS----our first RLs
2 SNOW GEESE, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE SISKINS, Y-B
SAPSUCKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, WILSON'S SNIPE, sebveral Warblers- Nashville,
Black-throated Green, Yellow-throated, Palm
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
