Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 24 50 70 Osprey 2 52 80 Bald Eagle 0 5 5 Northern Harrier 0 9 14 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 308 377 Cooper's Hawk 0 4 10 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 21 Red-tailed Hawk 10 19 36 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 9 139 154 Merlin 2 9 17 Peregrine Falcon 0 7 8 Unknown 0 12 23 Total: 63 621 817 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dan Kaczynski, John Floegl, Karl Jennewein, King Baker Visitors: 6 regular observer-counters, 9 visitors Weather: cloudless mild SE wind, steady-rising BP; 23C Observations: 24 TV (20 coming through in the afternoon hours), 2 Osprey, 16 Sharp-shinned, 10 Red-taileds, 9 Kestrels and 2 MERLINS thousands of Blue Jays, Monarchs; Wilson warbler, Redstart, Red-eyed Vireo ======================================================================== 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.
