Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 01, 2007-- 143, GIVING A FINAL TOTAL of 11,109
(see table below)
We were so happy for Rosemary Harris, in that she got an excellent photo of
a sub-adult Golden Eagle being harassed by a Rough-legged Hawk, it being so
very much smaller.
Of the 34 Rough-leggeds, 5 were dark morphs.
Observation time: 9am to 2pm
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Craig McLauchlan, Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway, Rosemary Harris,
Jim McKnight, Charlie Adey
Weather: bitterly cold(-9C) with strong N wind, rising BP; TUV=3
Non-raptor Observations:
snow buntings, 20+common redpolls, n.flicker, 1 Am.pipit, female purple
finch, hairy
woodpecker, swamp sparrow, red-breasted nuthatch,snow goose, scaup, redheads
Raptor Observations: sub-adult Golden Eagle being harassed by a Rough-legged
on high; 4 Bald Eagles, 2 Red Shouldered; Red-taileds and Rough-leggeds
started coming in on 3 flyways; TOTAL of 143 migrating raptors
Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 2264
Osprey 0 0 167
Bald Eagle 4 4 57
Northern Harrier 1 1 238
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 2108
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 121
Northern Goshawk 0 0 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 37
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3185
Red-tailed Hawk 98 98 1953
Rough-legged Hawk 34 34 155
Golden Eagle 1 1 9
American Kestrel 1 1 628
Merlin 0 0 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 43
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 15
Unknown Buteo 1 1 29
Unknown Falcon 0 0 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 53
Total: 143 143 11109
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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