After a wonderful 4-day break in Bala I was so happy to return to a great team of counters-observers at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch--south from Victoria St. on Hall's Rd. in southwest Whtiby. The table below includes 621 migrating raptors observed from Sep.28 to Sep.30. Since then we have had only 18 over 3 days; but American Pipits, Snow Geese, Rusty Blackbirds and a few Warblers have kept the many observers and photographers who stay for at least 2 hours happy.
Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 1 266 Osprey 1 1 159 Bald Eagle 0 1 37 Northern Harrier 0 1 139 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4 1608 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3180 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 97 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 3 567 Merlin 1 1 22 Peregrine Falcon 1 3 18 Unknown 2 63 Total: 7 18 6200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation time: 8am to 12 noon EST Official Counter: Geoff Carpentier Observers: Alan Woods, Jim Munroe, Jim Skene, Rosemary Harris, Doug Lockrey, Jody Melanson, Marty Allenson, Harry Kerr, Jim Griffiths Weather: light south winds; TUV=0; falling BP; 21C Non-raptor Observations: 2 Rusty Blackbirds; 23 Am.Pipits, 2 Snow Geese _______________________________________________ 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
