Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 279 1728 1979 Osprey 0 11 155 Bald Eagle 1 12 50 Northern Harrier 9 27 169 Sharp-shinned Hawk 131 459 1509 Cooper's Hawk 17 51 106 Northern Goshawk 1 5 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 974 Red-tailed Hawk 1 106 342 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 1 2 2 American Kestrel 0 15 652 Merlin 0 5 25 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 14 Unknown 3 34 86 Total: 444 2469 6085 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Rayfield Pye Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Jim Munroe, John Stirrat, Ross Lamb Weather: light west winds; rising BP; TUV=1; 10C; sun followed by overcast in the last hour Raptor Observations: 279 TV; 1 juv.BE; 9 NH, 131 SS; 17 CH; 1 NG; 1 RT; 1 ad. GOLDEN EAGLE; 2 UA and a distant Unident. Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: a white-backed, partial albino SONG SPARROW ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
