Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 71 166 176 Osprey 2 89 104 Bald Eagle 5 12 13 Northern Harrier 2 32 36 Sharp-shinned Hawk 225 557 575 Cooper's Hawk 24 45 45 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 95 203 218 Red-tailed Hawk 17 36 42 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 150 382 394 Merlin 1 17 18 Peregrine Falcon 5 8 8 Unknown 5 49 53 Total: 602 1596 1682 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Charlie Adey Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Dave Worthington, Donna Foster, Jerry Ball Visitors: 5, along with 10 counters Weather: absolutely superb--medium north winds, albeit cloudless skies; TUV=3; hawks flying over from several paths Raptor Observations: 71 TV, 2OS,5 BE (2 adult), 225 SS, 24 CH, 95 BW, 17 RT, 150 AK, 1 ML, 5PG, 2 UA, 2UB, 1 UF Non-raptor Observations: AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 Great Egrets, C.Loon, PIPIT, RAVEN, thousands of Blue Jays ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
