Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2005
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 23 2683 2889
Osprey 0 10 122
Bald Eagle 1 24 40
Northern Harrier 1 43 81
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 572 1185
Cooper's Hawk 4 95 147
Northern Goshawk 3 8 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 17 42 42
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 220
Red-tailed Hawk 291 830 880
Rough-legged Hawk 3 17 17
Golden Eagle 6 11 11
American Kestrel 0 75 481
Merlin 1 9 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 15
Unknown 6 60 131
Total: 366 4485 6296
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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: Dave & Cheryl Shannon, Jean Iron, Joyce Collier-Brown,
Rick Lauzon
Visitors:
15 observers, several visitors
Weather:
after 3 hours of light northerlies, at noonhour the winds became
medium-to-strong out of the north; TUV=3; rising BP; 8C; overcast
Raptor Observations:
366 migrating raptors, mostly after 11est; 23 TV, 1 ad.BE, 1 NH, 10SS, 4CH,
3 N.GOSHAWKS, 17 RED-SHOULDEREDS, 291 RED-TAILEDS, 3 RL, 6 GOLDEN EAGLES (2
adult, 4 juv.), 1 ML, 5 UB, 1UE (so very difficult for any of us to put a
positive fix on it)
Non-raptor Observations:
5 fox sparrows, 2 house finches, 2 tree sparrows,and possible CAVE
SWALLOWS-- they were certainly Cliffs, but----; Wilson's snipe;
Bonaparte's gulls, CACKLING GOOSE on the lakefront.
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
