[Ontbirds]Rough-legged Hawks are great to watch; more--Cranberry, SW Whitby-Nov.25

[Doug Lockrey]

 Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Count: Nov 25, 2007 (see table below)

I WISH TO SINCERELY THANK ALL OF THE OVER 100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED AT THE 
PLATFORM, WHETHER FOR 1 HOUR, 20 HOURS,--- UP TO 300+ HOURS. It would be 
great to have all assembled on Nov.30 or Dec.1!!

Observation time: 9am to 1pm
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Brian Steele, Greg Stuart and 15 others who helped for short 
times, and many visitors
Weather: blue sky alternating with cloud-cover; 0 to 2C; rising BP replaced 
by falling BP;
medium W wind

Non-raptor Observations: Yesterday we had 6 Common Redpolls, 1 Brown 
Creeper, 3 Bonaparte's Gulls, N.Shrike, 1 Rusty Blackbird, along with 15 
Wild Turkeys on Hall's Rd., plus many more non-raptors. 
Today/Nov.25--several Ring-necked Pheasants (not seen for quite a while) 
were at the north end of the wetland; N.Shrike, swamp sparrow, 
white-throated sparrow, several Wild Turkeys on the roadway
Raptor Observations:
It was difficult to count the actual numbers of Rough-leggeds, insofaras 
they were alternating between hovering, stooping and perching, with 5 "going 
through", 1 being a dark morph.
OUR TOTAL OF 10,881 migrating raptors brings us to 119 shy of 11,000--it may 
be difficult to 'achieve' before Nov.30, our last official day. I will 
likely man the platform on the Saturday, Dec.1.

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             0             20            232
 Sharp-shinned Hawk           0             78           2107
 Cooper's Hawk                0             22            119
 Northern Goshawk             0              7              9
 Red-shouldered Hawk          0             13             35
 Broad-winged Hawk            0              0           3185
 Red-tailed Hawk              6           1207           1827
 Rough-legged Hawk            5             71             76
 Golden Eagle                 0              5              8
 American Kestrel             0             17            623
 Merlin                             0              2             27
 Peregrine Falcon             0              3             42
 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:                      11           1467          10881

Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
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