Cranberry Marsh Whitby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 0 0 TV 543 640 640 OS 2 32 34 BE 19 50 50 NH 25 49 49 SS 34 489 497 CH 1 27 28 NG 0 0 0 RS 0 0 0 BW 0 293 298 RT 10 33 33 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 6 156 161 ML 2 19 19 PG 0 7 8 UA 0 1 1 UB 0 13 13 UF 0 1 1 UE 0 0 0 UR 0 7 7 Total: 642 1817 1839 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Rayfield Pye Observers: Brandon McWaters, Charlie Adey, Ed Smith, Jax Nasimok, Jerry Ball, Jim McKnight, Karl Jennewein, R LaForest, Rosemary Harris Weather: winds from the north-east, switching to east late morning Raptor Observations: Turkey vulture- 543, Osprey-2, Bald Eagle- 19, Northern Harrier- 25, Red-tailed Hawk-10, American Kestrel- 6, and Merlin-2. The flight moved inland when the winds switched. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: light east winds, switching to south-east. Followed by several days of rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rayfield Pye (raypye@interlinks.net) Cranberry Marsh information may be found at: http://www.torontobirding.ca/site/page/view/hawkwatch.info More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=391