Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 704 1088 Osprey 0 8 116 Bald Eagle 0 3 37 Northern Harrier 0 22 93 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 260 881 Cooper's Hawk 0 21 79 Northern Goshawk 2 8 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 17 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 895 Red-tailed Hawk 15 259 469 Rough-legged Hawk 0 10 10 Golden Eagle 0 7 7 American Kestrel 0 63 445 Merlin 1 9 40 Peregrine Falcon 2 15 28 Unknown 0 44 117 Total: 23 1452 4330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Ian Cannell, Jim McKnight, Jim Munroe, Karin Fawthrop Weather: medium SE winds; 50% cloud cover; falling BP; TUV=0 Observations: 2 TV, 1 SS, 2 N.GOSHAWKs, 15 Red-taileds, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED, 1 Merlin, 2 Peregrines. 20 E.Bluebirds on a roadside wire on S.Hall's Rd., 3 fast-moving low-flying Sandhill Cranes at 1005 EST; 3 Towhees, 4 Fox Sparrows, 2 Great Egrets, Yellow-rumped Warbler; 1 Kingfisher ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca
