Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 8 2234 Osprey 0 0 158 Bald Eagle 0 0 55 Northern Harrier 4 12 207 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 17 1757 Cooper's Hawk 3 6 157 Northern Goshawk 0 1 17 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 59 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 974 Red-tailed Hawk 123 150 791 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 6 Golden Eagle 2 5 9 American Kestrel 0 0 659 Merlin 0 1 29 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 17 Unknown 1 97 Total: 139 208 7226 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Doug Lockrey Observers: Dan Kaczynski, John Stirrat, Joyce Collier-Brown, Ron Pittaway Visitors: 15 observers and visitors over 4 hours, and more after the count finished Weather: medium NW winds, changing to light, then out of the S; rising BP; overcast with sun intervals; 10C Raptor Observations: 1 TV, 4 NH, 4 SS, 3 CH, 123 RT, 1 RL, 2 juv.GE, and 1 PG Non-raptor Observations: 4 tundra swans, purple finch, red-breasted nuthatch, fox sparrow ======================================================================== Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey (lockrey33@rogers.com) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/~gtrw