Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 31 2714 2920 Osprey 0 10 122 Bald Eagle 0 24 40 Northern Harrier 8 51 89 Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 601 1214 Cooper's Hawk 6 101 153 Northern Goshawk 1 9 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 43 43 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 220 Red-tailed Hawk 116 946 996 Rough-legged Hawk 1 18 18 Golden Eagle 8 19 19 American Kestrel 1 76 482 Merlin 0 9 27 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 15 Unknown 3 63 134 Total: 205 4690 6501 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Rayfield Pye Observers: Geoff Carpentier, Jean Iron, Margaret Bain, Ron Pittaway Visitors: at least 100 visitors to the platform area during the 7 hours Weather: sunny; light to medium north winds; TUV=2; rising BP Raptor Observations: 31 TV, 8 NH, 29 SS, 6 CH, 1 NG, 1 RS, 116 RT, 1 RL, 8 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 AK, 2 UB, 1 UR Non-raptor Observations: 2 CAVE SWALLOWS; 1 IBIS SP.; 47 SNOW BUNTINGS; 8 FOX SPARROWS ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw
