Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2015
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 1218 3748 4291
OS 0 4 93
BE 7 9 60
NH 9 34 106
SS 144 327 1184
CH 7 22 68
NG 0 2 3
RS 8 11 13
BW 0 0 224
RT 76 118 149
RL 0 0 0
GE 1 1 1
AK 8 31 268
ML 2 10 43
PG 1 10 19
UA 0 3 6
UB 3 4 10
UF 0 0 1
UE 0 0 0
UR 2 2 19
Total: 1486 4336 6558
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Rayfield Pye
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Jerry Ball, Jim McKnight, Jim Skene,
Joyce Collier-Brown, Karl Jennewein, Rosemary Harris
Visitors:
Lots of excellent help today- Caroline Van Goch, Henrique Pacheco,
Charmaine Anderson, Rick LaForest,
Weather:
winds from the north or north-west all day. There was frost on the ground
when I started and snowing when I finished.
Raptor Observations:
A big Turkey Vulture day. 7 Bald Eagle's and 1 Golden. The flight was
overhead today.
Non-raptor Observations:
Hudsonian Godwit- 1 (day 15), Fox Sparrow-2, White-crowned Sparrow- 16,
Rusty Blackbird- 9, Great Egret- 7, and migrating Monarchs- 2
Predictions:
winds from the north-west (another good day)
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Report submitted by Rayfield Pye ([email protected])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
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