Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2007 (see table below)
Observation time: 8am to 2pm
Official Counter: Rayfield Pye
Observers: Brian Steele, Greg Stuart, Ian Cannell, Norm Murr, JimMcKnight,
Craig McLaughlan, Jim Skene, Doug Lockrey, John Stirrat, Jim Fairchild, Dave
Worthington and many others
Visitors: 12 local people who came to appreciate our work
Weather: TUV=2, but falling BP and very light wind (W): 3 to 11C;
cloud-covered,
ending in a rainfall in the last hour.
Non-raptor Observations: SHORT-EARED OWL, n.shrike, belted kingfisher, b-b
plovers, 2 horned grebe, 2 rusty blackbirds, Wilson's snipe, hairy
woodpecker, 2 CACKLING GEESE, fox sparrow, many robins along with 6
sparrows, house finch, goldfinch, pipits, -------
Raptor Observations: until 11am there were few migrants for the very many
visitors; then,
between 11 and 1pm we were challenged to identify distant raptors--3GE and a
distant Unidentified eagle, 57RT, 2 RL, 1 RS, along with an unidentified
eagle.
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 1 2255
Osprey 0 0 167
Bald Eagle 0 0 49
Northern Harrier 0 2 214
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 19 2048
Cooper's Hawk 3 4 101
Northern Goshawk 0 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 23
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3185
Red-tailed Hawk 57 118 738
Rough-legged Hawk 2 7 12
Golden Eagle 3 3 6
American Kestrel 1 5 611
Merlin 0 0 25
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 13
Unknown Buteo 0 1 28
Unknown Falcon 0 0 7
Unknown Eagle 1 1 3
Unknown Raptor 1 1 51
Total: 79 166 9580
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Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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