Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2003
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 394 1164 1309
Osprey 0 13 120
Bald Eagle 1 20 29
Northern Harrier 31 137 191
Sharp-shinned Hawk 81 966 1739
Cooper's Hawk 5 34 60
Northern Goshawk 0 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 14 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 181 276
Red-tailed Hawk 48 114 186
Rough-legged Hawk 3 6 6
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 27 255 575
Merlin 0 21 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 12 29
Unknown 8 146 191
Total: 603 3086 4781
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Colleen & Mike Boudreau, Dennis Barry, Jean Iron,
Karl Jennewein
Visitors:
many
Weather:
light west/NW winds, sunny then clouding, steady BP
Observations:
394 TVs in many kettles (of 3 to 90), 31 N.Harriers,
1 2-yr. Bald Eagle, 81 Sharpies, 5 Cooper's,
5 Red-shouldered, 48 Red-tailed, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED,
27 Kestyreels, 8 Unidentifieds
1 Purple Finch, Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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