Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7 18 2244 Osprey 0 0 158 Bald Eagle 0 1 56 Northern Harrier 3 29 224 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 55 1795 Cooper's Hawk 3 14 165 Northern Goshawk 0 1 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 13 69 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 974 Red-tailed Hawk 4 979 1620 Rough-legged Hawk 1 25 29 Golden Eagle 0 13 17 American Kestrel 0 0 659 Merlin 0 2 30 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 19 Unknown 1 6 102 Total: 21 1160 8178 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Fred Horst, Jim Munroe, Joyce Collier-Brown Visitors: at least 12 came to help, and to enjoy good views of the "resident" raptors(NH,RT,CH, dark-morph RL); Before noonhour 2 adult CHs alighted in a tree just 10m. from us. Weather: light-medium SW wind; sunny then 60% cloud-cover; TUV=1; rising BP; 0-5C Raptor Observations: 7 TV; 3 male NH; 1 SS; 3 CH; 1 Red-shouldered; 4 RT; 1 light-morph RL; 1 UB Non-raptor Observations: N.Shrike; Am.Coot; red-breasted Nuthatch ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
