Cranberry Marsh Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 168 456 840 Osprey 0 4 112 Bald Eagle 1 2 36 Northern Harrier 10 14 85 Sharp-shinned Hawk 152 196 817 Cooper's Hawk 10 13 71 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 6 9 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 894 Red-tailed Hawk 48 102 312 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 16 53 435 Merlin 3 5 36 Peregrine Falcon 5 8 21 Unknown 3 9 82 Total: 420 874 3752 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Alf Lisk, Colleen & Mike Boudreau, Jerry Walsh, Margaret Carney Visitors: for 4 hours we had as many as 19 visitor-observers Weather: light soutwest winds turned to medium northerly winds at mid-AM; steady BP; 13C; TUV=4 Observations: 168 TV, 1 adult BE, 10 NH, 152 SS, 10 CH, 4 Red-shouldered, 48 RT, 6 AK, 3 Merlin, 5 Peregrine, 3 UR Rusty Blackbird, 5 Great Egrets ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey (lockrey33@rogers.com) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.gtrw.ca