Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 20 20 Osprey 7 25 25 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 4 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 69 69 Cooper's Hawk 1 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 16 16 16 Red-tailed Hawk 7 17 17 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 9 15 15 Merlin 2 7 7 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown 2 11 11 Total: 102 192 192 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Visitors: 24 people visited the platform, 15 of whom were official observers. Doug brought his stuffed perched imm. N.Goshawk for viewing Weather: light NW winds, rising BP ; then at 1230 EST the winds shifted to the S. Observations: 102 raptors, incl. 54 SS, 7 OS AND 16 BW 15 Hummingbirds, 6 C.Loon, Virginia Rail, Sora, Coot; Magnolia W., Nashville W., Red-breasted Nuthatch, many Chimney Swifts and Barn Swallows & Tree Swallows, Warbling vireo, Chestnut-sided W., GREEN HERON 1 non-migrating OS carrying large catfish ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
