High Park itself was shrouded in fog, and until about 1:30 pm we saw no
birds.
Anthony, and myself decided to try the reservoir park located at the
south side of St Clair Ave, just east of Bathurst Ave.
From 2pm to 3pm we saw:
3 Sharp Shinned Hawks
1 American Kestrel
2 Red Shouldered Hawks
42 Red Tailed Hawks.
Our Red Tail numbers were conservative as we had not counted birds from
that location before, and we had not quite got the thread of the optimum
viewing area. We reckon that there were more. There were birds moving
westward to the south of the park, and to the north as well.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (26 Oct 2004) 27 Raptors
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Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 705 1089
Osprey 0 8 116
Bald Eagle 0 3 37
Northern Harrier 1 23 94
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 263 884
Cooper's Hawk 3 24 82
Northern Goshawk 1 9 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 895
Red-tailed Hawk 7 270 480
Rough-legged Hawk 10 22 22
Golden Eagle 0 7 7
American Kestrel 0 64 446
Merlin 0 9 40
Peregrine Falcon 0 15 28
Unknown 2 46 119
Total: 27 1487 4365
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Del Umholtz, Jerry Walsh,
Joyce Collier-Brown
Visitors:
15 people came in spite of the very hazy conditions, hoping for it to
clear; as soon as it did the Rough-leggeds appeared.
Weather:
100% humidity; very hazy, very light north, then south winds; Temp.=12C;
TUV=300 ft./min.
Observations:
1 N.Harrier, 3 Sharp-shinned, 3 Cooper's, 1 Goshawk,
7 Red-tailed,
10 Rough-legged, 2 UR
our first Am.TREE SPARROW (2), 4 Fox Sparrows, one having several silvery
crown feathers, several Juncos, female House Finch, 1 male PURPLE FINCH,
2 Great Egrets, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, several Brown
Creepers, 3 Winter Wrens, both Kinglets, Catbird, several White-throated
Sparrows, 4 White-crowned Sparrows, several Song Sparrows, Red-breasted
Nuthatch
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
