Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 168 456 840
Osprey 0 4 112
Bald Eagle 1 2 36
Northern Harrier 10 14 85
Sharp-shinned Hawk 152 196 817
Cooper's Hawk 10 13 71
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 6 9
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 894
Red-tailed Hawk 48 102 312
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 16 53 435
Merlin 3 5 36
Peregrine Falcon 5 8 21
Unknown 3 9 82
Total: 420 874 3752
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Alf Lisk, Colleen & Mike Boudreau, Jerry Walsh,
Margaret Carney
Visitors:
for 4 hours we had as many as 19 visitor-observers
Weather:
light soutwest winds turned to medium northerly winds at mid-AM; steady BP;
13C; TUV=4
Observations:
168 TV, 1 adult BE, 10 NH, 152 SS, 10 CH, 4 Red-shouldered, 48 RT, 6 AK, 3
Merlin, 5 Peregrine, 3 UR
Rusty Blackbird, 5 Great Egrets
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
