Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6 757 1141
Osprey 0 8 116
Bald Eagle 0 4 38
Northern Harrier 2 30 101
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 269 890
Cooper's Hawk 2 29 87
Northern Goshawk 1 13 13
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 15 18
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 895
Red-tailed Hawk 11 315 525
Rough-legged Hawk 18 111 111
Golden Eagle 0 7 7
American Kestrel 0 64 446
Merlin 0 9 40
Peregrine Falcon 0 17 30
Unknown 0 47 120
Total: 44 1700 4578
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Jerry Walsh
Observers: Derek & Jennifer Lyon, John Floegl, John Stirrat,
Keith Sharp
Visitors:
at any one time we had up to 20 observers
Weather:
strong west winds; rising BP; 13C; 60-90% cloud cover; TUV=0-100 ft./min.
Observations:
most raptors exhibited difficulty flying into the west winds, creating
problems for the counters as the birds kept circling back and around;
6 TV, 2 N.Harrier, 4 SS, 2 CH, 1 N.Goashawk,11 Red-tailed and 18
Rough-legged
1 Hudsonian GODWIT WAS SEEN PERCHED JUST ABOVE THE EAST-SIDE WETLAND AT
1205;
Tree Sp., Fox Sp.
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
