As many as 18 observers came to help out at the Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch on Sunday, Oct.3; the weather was not conducive to a hawk flight (2 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Merlin over a 4-hour period in the AM).
Along the pathway the following were among the many passerines noted; 2 Brown Thrashers, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Palm W., 1 PINE SISKIN, sevberal Am. Pipits, both Nuthatches, and 5 species of Sparrows. To the west of Sobey's Warehouse ponds was a Dowitcher--probably a Long-billed. CMRW-- exit 401 onto Salem, south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge to Hall's Rd., south to the second roadside parking lot north of the lakefront. Sobey's is to the west of the Iroquois Sports Complex in southwest Whitby, just north of Victoria St. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW
