Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 518 663 Osprey 1 13 120 Bald Eagle 1 18 27 Northern Harrier 0 90 144 Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 819 1592 Cooper's Hawk 2 28 54 Northern Goshawk 0 0 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 8 Broad-winged Hawk 0 180 275 Red-tailed Hawk 1 39 111 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 208 528 Merlin 1 17 43 Peregrine Falcon 1 10 27 Unknown 0 133 178 Total: 27 2078 3773 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Alf Lisk, Charlie Adey, Karl Jennewein Weather: mild sunny, but eastern haze, 18C; steady BP; very light SSE winds Observations: 1 1-yr. BALD EAGLE, 1 late OSPREY, 1 PEREGRINE, 1 MERLIN, 2 RED-SHOULDEREDS, 1 Red-tailed, 17 Sharpies, 2 Cooper's, 1 Kestrel 4 SNOW GEESE, 1 BLUE GOOSE 4 DOWITCHERS, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey (lockrey33@rogers.com) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca reports@hawkcount.org Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.