Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario (south down Hall''s Rd. from Victoria St.) Daily Raptor Count: Sep 22, 2007 (SEE TABLE BELOW)
Observation time: from 8am to 3pm EST Official Counter: Jim McKnight Observers: Doug Lockrey, Jim Skene, Jean Iron, Jody Melanson, John Stirrat, Rayfield Pye, Ross Lamb, Jim Munroe, Greg Stuart, Ron Pittaway, Martin Benz, Mike Williamson and 10 others who dropped in for hour or so. Visitors: as many people learn about Cranberry I am so happy to work with the many visitors that come down; also a group from R.O.M. visited. Weather: after 2 hours of light S wind, the wind became medium north-westerly; rising BP; sun alternating with intermittent cloud cover; TUV=1; 22C Raptor Observations: after 10amEST the raptors started to move through, including 5 Eagles-1 unid. and 4 Bald Eagles. It was great to have 3 Merlin and 3 Peregrine fly through. Non-raptor Observations: palm warbler, chimney swift, field sparrow, 150+ Am. pipits; 10 Common Mergansers; 18 Common Loons. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7 103 105 Osprey 1 99 134 Bald Eagle 4 21 23 Northern Harrier 10 74 80 Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 1304 1322 Cooper's Hawk 2 20 22 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 17 3152 3166 Red-tailed Hawk 3 66 74 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 38 428 463 Merlin 3 19 21 Peregrine Falcon 3 11 11 Unknown 10 36 42 Total: 157 5333 5463 Doug Lockrey, coordinator, CMRW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
