Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 23 2683 2889 Osprey 0 10 122 Bald Eagle 1 24 40 Northern Harrier 1 43 81 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 572 1185 Cooper's Hawk 4 95 147 Northern Goshawk 3 8 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 17 42 42 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 220 Red-tailed Hawk 291 830 880 Rough-legged Hawk 3 17 17 Golden Eagle 6 11 11 American Kestrel 0 75 481 Merlin 1 9 27 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 15 Unknown 6 60 131 Total: 366 4485 6296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dave & Cheryl Shannon, Jean Iron, Joyce Collier-Brown, Rick Lauzon Visitors: 15 observers, several visitors Weather: after 3 hours of light northerlies, at noonhour the winds became medium-to-strong out of the north; TUV=3; rising BP; 8C; overcast Raptor Observations: 366 migrating raptors, mostly after 11est; 23 TV, 1 ad.BE, 1 NH, 10SS, 4CH, 3 N.GOSHAWKS, 17 RED-SHOULDEREDS, 291 RED-TAILEDS, 3 RL, 6 GOLDEN EAGLES (2 adult, 4 juv.), 1 ML, 5 UB, 1UE (so very difficult for any of us to put a positive fix on it) Non-raptor Observations: 5 fox sparrows, 2 house finches, 2 tree sparrows,and possible CAVE SWALLOWS-- they were certainly Cliffs, but----; Wilson's snipe; Bonaparte's gulls, CACKLING GOOSE on the lakefront. ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw