Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 07, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 27 1168
Osprey 0 0 116
Bald Eagle 0 1 39
Northern Harrier 1 15 116
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 20 910
Cooper's Hawk 1 8 95
Northern Goshawk 2 6 19
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 19
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 895
Red-tailed Hawk 21 324 849
Rough-legged Hawk 9 106 217
Golden Eagle 0 1 8
American Kestrel 0 1 447
Merlin 0 2 42
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 30
Unknown 1 8 128
Gyrfalcon 0 0 0
Total: 39 520 5098
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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: Greg Stuart, Karl Jennewein, Rayfield Pye,
Susan Morgan/Brian Steele
Visitors:
200+ came from "all over" to view the Golden-crowned Sp. and help us with
the RW
Weather:
WNW winds; overcast, becoming nearly cloudless, then clouded again skies;
13C; TUV=100 ft./min.; rising BP
Observations:
after 2 days of 15 or more hanging-around buteos we finally observed
decisions to migrate, albeit not until 11AM: 1 molting male N.Harrier
(brown back), 4 Sharp-shinned, 1 Cooper's , 2 N.GOSHAWK, 21 Red-tailed, 9
Rough-legged, 1 UR
The RL total is now 217, 5 short of the record 1991 year.
1 1st yr. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (IT ARRIVED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON)--every 12
minutes this bird appeared on our feeding path with other passerines-- at
least 200 visitors came throughout the day
1 N.Shrike
several Pine Siskins
Someone found the Barred Owl of Nov.3 dead on the beach
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
