Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 64 65 Osprey 0 100 125 Bald Eagle 0 30 32 Northern Harrier 1 89 101 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 762 784 Cooper's Hawk 4 34 36 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 4 Broad-winged Hawk 1 865 870 Red-tailed Hawk 0 178 214 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 548 549 Merlin 1 15 17 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown 40 41 Total: 24 2731 2841 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Dan Kaczynski Observers: Alf Lisk, Carol Horner, Jim McKnight, Rayfield Pye Visitors: 10 Weather: overnight rain, and early afternoon rain --very strong NW winds all morning;24C; TUV=1; rising BP Raptor Observations: In spite of "ideal" conditions the raptors "insisted" in coming across low, and winds kept pushing them back: 2 TV, 1 NH; 14 SS; 4 CH; 1 BW; 1 ML, 1 AK Non-raptor Observations: great egret, black-crowned night heron, Philadelphia vireo, several hummingbirds ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
