[Ontbirds] AERIAL RAPTOR CONFRONTATION, many songbirds at Cranberry, southwest Whitby, Nov.23/07

[Doug Lockrey]

Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 23, 2007 --31 total (see table below)

Observation time: 9am to 1pm
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Alan Woods, Jerry Ball, Jim McKnight, Jim Skene, Anne Anthony 
(back from seeing over 400 birds in Ethiopia), Jim Fairchild (great to see 
him recovering), Karl Jennewein
Weather: very cold (-10C, "warming" to -4C), rising BP, light, then medium 
NW winds;TUV=2

Observations: We enjoyed a 10-minute battle royale over the wetlands, as a 
male Northern Harrier did not like the presence of a Peregrine Falcon; then 
a Sharp-shinned Hawk elected to "take it out" on Jim McK. as it swooped from 
behind very low, ticking Jim's shoulder as it doubled back to perch.

Non-raptor Observations: Some of the following will be "wanted" by upcoming 
winter bird-listers":
1 C.Redpoll, several Am.pipits, golden-crowned kinglet, red-breasted 
nuthatch, hairy woodpecker, cedar waxwings, tagged Trumpeter Swan, 
red-winged blackbirds, white-throated sparrow, fox sparrow, swamp sparrow, 
song sparrow, juncos and tree sparrows, imm. northern shrike, among others.

MIGRATING RAPTORS

 Species                Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture                0              0              0
> Turkey Vulture               0             10           2264
> Osprey                       0              0            167
> Bald Eagle                   0              4             53
> Northern Harrier             2             20            232
> Sharp-shinned Hawk           2             77           2106
> Cooper's Hawk                0             21            118
> Northern Goshawk             0              7              9
> Red-shouldered Hawk          0             13             35
> Broad-winged Hawk            0              0           3185
> Red-tailed Hawk             23           1201           1821
> Rough-legged Hawk            2             64             69
> Golden Eagle                 0              5              8
> American Kestrel             1             16            622
> Merlin                       0              2             27
> Peregrine Falcon             1              2             41
> Unknown Accipiter            0              2             15
> Unknown Buteo                0              1             28
> Unknown Falcon               0              0              7
> Unknown Eagle                0              2              4
> Unknown Raptor               0              3             53
>
> Total:                      31           1450          10864

Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW

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