[Ontbirds] good songbirds, 143 raptors, incl. GOLDEN EAGLE harassed by a Rough-legged Hawk, at Cranberry, southwest Whitby--Dec.1/07

[Doug Lockrey]

Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 01, 2007-- 143, GIVING A FINAL TOTAL of 11,109
    (see table below)
We were so happy for Rosemary Harris, in that she got an excellent photo of 
a sub-adult Golden Eagle being harassed by a Rough-legged Hawk, it being so 
very much smaller.
Of the 34 Rough-leggeds, 5 were dark morphs.

Observation time: 9am to 2pm
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Craig McLauchlan, Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway, Rosemary Harris, 
Jim McKnight, Charlie Adey
Weather: bitterly cold(-9C) with strong N wind, rising BP; TUV=3
Non-raptor Observations:
snow buntings, 20+common redpolls, n.flicker, 1 Am.pipit, female purple 
finch, hairy
woodpecker, swamp sparrow, red-breasted nuthatch,snow goose, scaup, redheads

Raptor Observations: sub-adult Golden Eagle being harassed by a Rough-legged 
on high; 4 Bald Eagles, 2 Red Shouldered; Red-taileds and Rough-leggeds 
started coming in on 3 flyways; TOTAL of 143 migrating raptors

Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW 2007
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>
> Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture                0              0              0
> Turkey Vulture               0              0           2264
> Osprey                       0              0            167
> Bald Eagle                   4              4             57
> Northern Harrier             1              1            238
> Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              0           2108
> Cooper's Hawk                1              1            121
> Northern Goshawk             0              0              9
> Red-shouldered Hawk          2              2             37
> Broad-winged Hawk            0              0           3185
> Red-tailed Hawk             98             98           1953
> Rough-legged Hawk           34             34            155
> Golden Eagle                 1              1              9
> American Kestrel             1              1            628
> Merlin                             0              0             27
> Peregrine Falcon             0              0             43
> Unknown Accipiter            0              0             15
> Unknown Buteo                1              1             29
> Unknown Falcon               0              0              7
> Unknown Eagle                0              0              4
> Unknown Raptor               0              0             53
>
> Total:                     143            143          11109
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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> Report submitted by John Douglas Lockrey (lockrey33 at rogers.com)
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