Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 20, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 0 0 TV 445 4261 4497 OS 0 4 34 BE 6 27 99 NH 12 66 79 SS 95 536 805 CH 5 37 54 NG 1 2 2 RS 4 5 5 BW 0 0 955 RT 36 107 143 RL 1 5 5 GE 0 1 1 AK 7 312 640 ML 2 22 59 PG 5 18 22 UA 0 1 1 UB 0 0 1 UF 0 6 10 UE 0 0 0 UR 1 22 44 Total: 620 5432 7456 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Official Counter: Rayfield Pye Observers: Charles Smith, Gord Gallant, John Stirrat, Karl Jennewein Weather: west winds switching to north-west Raptor Observations: Turkey Vultures- 455, Bald Eagle- 6, Northern Harrier- 12 (including 5 males), Sharp-shinned Hawk- 95, Coopers Hawk- 5, Northern Goshawk-1, Red-shouldered Hawk- 4, Red-tailed Hawk- 36, Rough-legged Hawk-1, American Kestrel- 7, Merlin-3, Peregrine Falcon- 5, Non-raptor Observations: Pine Siskin-10, Purple Finch-4, Eastern Towhee-1 Predictions: strong winds from the north-west. High of 6. It should be a good for migrating hawks. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rayfield Pye (ray...@interlinks.net) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/site/page/view/hawkwatch.info More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=391 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
