Cranberry Marsh
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2003
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 60 744 889
Osprey 0 13 120
Bald Eagle 0 19 28
Northern Harrier 6 103 157
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 885 1658
Cooper's Hawk 1 29 55
Northern Goshawk 1 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 9 12
Broad-winged Hawk 1 181 276
Red-tailed Hawk 9 64 136
Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 11 228 548
Merlin 2 21 47
Peregrine Falcon 0 11 28
Unknown 1 138 183
Total: 103 2451 4146
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Colleen & Mike Boudreau, Dan Kaczynski, Dennis Barry,
Karl Jennewein
Visitors:
perhaps 20 came to see the "fled-the-scene" Dickcissel
Weather:
medium WNW winds all morning; sunny becoming overcast by noon; steady BP
Observations:
60 TVs, 6 N.Harriers, 8 Sharpies, 1 Cooper's, 1 low-flying Goshawk, 2
Red-shouldereds, a late Broad-winged, 9 Red-tailed, 1 juv. GOLDEN EAGLE
(our first), 11 Kestrels,
2 Merlin
After a 2-day presence the DICKCISSEL not seen;
female Towhee with 4 Sparrow species , Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 SNOW
GEESE, 2 PINE SISKINs, 10 Bonaparte's Gulls
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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