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[Ontbirds] FAMILY PROBLEM=NEED for HELP at CRANBERRY--113 raptors, several warblers--SEP.26

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Doug Lockrey
Tue, Sep 26, 2006 10:00 PM

For a period of time I will be needed at home to help my wife who is severely afflicted with osteoarthritis et al. I THEREBY ENTRUST THOSE WHO CAN BE ON THE PLATFORM AT CRANBERRY IN MY ABSENCES WITH THE JOB OF DATA-RECORDING.

Observations made by 8 observers over 5 hours-Sep.26
Counter--Dan Kaczynski
Observers-- Jim Munroe, Jim Larkin, Gerry Ball, Doug Lockrey, Joyce Collier-Brown, Jim McKnight et al

A small kettle of Broad-wingeds was a highlight.
Non-raptors--Warblers-- black-throated blue, chestynut-sided, palm,  yellow-rumped; marsh wren, catbird, many Hummingbirds, et al

                                  Day's Count    TOTAL

Turkey Vulture                        2              82
Osprey                                    3            130
Bald Eagle                            1            33
N. Harrier                                13          124
Sharp-shinned                      52            860
Cooper's                                1              40
Northern Goshawk                  0              0
Red-shouldered                      0                4
Broad-winged                        12          883
Red-tailed                              4              224
Rough-legged                        0                0
Golden Eagle                          0              0
American Kestrel                  22              600
Merlin                                      1                19
Peregrine                                2                7
Unidentified                            0                46
TOTAL                                  113        3053

From the west--Exit 401 at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge Rd., one block to Hall's Rd., south towards the lake, parking at the entrance to the south pathway.
From the east--Exit 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria, west past the Lynde C.A. parking lot to Hall's Rd., south as above--

Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON

For a period of time I will be needed at home to help my wife who is severely afflicted with osteoarthritis et al. I THEREBY ENTRUST THOSE WHO CAN BE ON THE PLATFORM AT CRANBERRY IN MY ABSENCES WITH THE JOB OF DATA-RECORDING. Observations made by 8 observers over 5 hours-Sep.26 Counter--Dan Kaczynski Observers-- Jim Munroe, Jim Larkin, Gerry Ball, Doug Lockrey, Joyce Collier-Brown, Jim McKnight et al A small kettle of Broad-wingeds was a highlight. Non-raptors--Warblers-- black-throated blue, chestynut-sided, palm, yellow-rumped; marsh wren, catbird, many Hummingbirds, et al Day's Count TOTAL Turkey Vulture 2 82 Osprey 3 130 Bald Eagle 1 33 N. Harrier 13 124 Sharp-shinned 52 860 Cooper's 1 40 Northern Goshawk 0 0 Red-shouldered 0 4 Broad-winged 12 883 Red-tailed 4 224 Rough-legged 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 American Kestrel 22 600 Merlin 1 19 Peregrine 2 7 Unidentified 0 46 TOTAL 113 3053 >From the west--Exit 401 at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge Rd., one block to Hall's Rd., south towards the lake, parking at the entrance to the south pathway. >From the east--Exit 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria, west past the Lynde C.A. parking lot to Hall's Rd., south as above-- Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON