Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 30 1171 Osprey 0 0 116 Bald Eagle 0 1 39 Northern Harrier 4 23 124 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 26 916 Cooper's Hawk 3 17 104 Northern Goshawk 1 9 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 19 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 895 Red-tailed Hawk 29 463 988 Rough-legged Hawk 9 191 302 Golden Eagle 1 2 9 American Kestrel 0 2 448 Merlin 0 4 44 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 30 Unknown 0 10 130 Gyrfalcon 0 0 0 Total: 53 779 5357 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Brian Steele, Dave Shannon, Martin Bence, Rayfield Pye Visitors: upwards of 100 came down to view the Golden-crowned, some helping with the raptor watch. Weather: sunny cold day (2C), north winds; TUV=300+ ft./min.; rising BP Observations: 3 TV, 4 N.Harrier, 3 Sharp-shinned, 3 Cooper's, 1 N.GOSHAWK, 29 Red-tailed, 9 Rough-legged, 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE We have "a number" of resident RT and RL perched in trees and hovering around in the vicinity. 3 C.Redpolls, 1 Pine Siskin, our 8-day adopted GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, blue Snow Goose, 1 Fox Sparrow, 2 N.Shrikes (ad., imm.) ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
