Cranberry Marsh RW in southwest Whitby
Sep.16/07
Observation time: from 0800 to 1200 EST
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Rayfield Pye, Stu Williams,Eleanor Wellman, Jim Skene, Jody
Melanson, Joyce Collier-Brown, Donna Foster, Jim McKnight, Dan Kaczynski, Karl
Jennewein, and several others who helped for short times.
Visitors: 20 visitors
Weather:
mild SW wind; 8 to 14C; BP rising, then falling; TUV=4, the latter being the
only factor that might promote lakefront migration--BUT-----as predicted, the
flight was inland --witness the Iroquois report--over 2000 Broad-wingeds
Raptor Observations: only 86--see table below--2 Bald Eagles came through, and
one settled to the east before we left the platform--I elected to count it.
Non-raptor Observations:
7 Great Egrets, 40 Great Blue Herons, 2 Green herons, 2 imm. Black-crowned
Night herons; 70 American pipits; 5 Rusty Blackbirds;warblers--black-throated
green, Nashville, redstart, magnolia, yellow, black-&-white; hermit thrush;
Philadelphia vireo, red-eyed vireo, warbling vireo;5 wood ducks, pintail
Raptor Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1 75 77
Osprey 1 93 128
Bald Eagle 3 17 19
Northern Harrier 3 61 67
Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 1148 1166
Cooper's Hawk 0 17 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3134 3148
Red-tailed Hawk 2 58 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 25 370 405
Merlin 0 15 17
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown 0 24 30
Total: 86 5018 5148
Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
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