Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 27 1168 Osprey 0 0 116 Bald Eagle 0 1 39 Northern Harrier 2 17 118 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 22 912 Cooper's Hawk 5 13 100 Northern Goshawk 0 6 19 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 19 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 895 Red-tailed Hawk 61 385 910 Rough-legged Hawk 30 136 247 Golden Eagle 0 1 8 American Kestrel 1 2 448 Merlin 1 3 43 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 30 Unknown 1 9 129 Gyrfalcon 0 0 0 Total: 103 623 5201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dennis Barry, Ian Cannell, John Sparling, Ron Pittaway Visitors: perhaps 120 visitors today Weather: pre-count snow flurries followed by sunny skies with medium NW winds, then clouding over, then "sunning" up; 2C; TUV=400 ft./min. (encouraging); rising BP Observations: the 1991 Rough-legged total count of 222 was eclipsed with 30 of this species coming through, making a total of 247 to date; 61 Red-tailed; 2 N.Harrier, 2 Sharp-shinned, 5 Cooper's, 1 MERLIN, 1 Kestrel and 1 UB Nov.7's GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW makes regular appearances (every 10-12 min.) to feed on the pathway just short of our platform; N.Shrike harassing 3 Blue Jays; many Pine Siskins, E.Bluebird (singing); a few Cedar Waxwings, 4 Fox Sparrows; Catbird 2 BARRED OWLS in the wooded area along the north pathway ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca
