After a day with rains all around, Nov.12 was marked with strong north
winds, rising BP and a TUV=2, bringing very many visitors to help keep count
of the 672 kettling Red-tailed Hawks as they came through on several lines,
after being pushed out over the lakefront. It was a thrill to see so many
migrating raptors in mid-November. Among the total of 707 we also viewed 4
RED-SHOULDEREDS, 6 dark morph ROUGH-LEGGEDS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES and 2 distant
Eagles which we recorded as Unidentified.
We did not have much time to view "other birds", but did manage to see a
low-flying SHORT-EARED OWL, an adult Northern Shrike, a Purple Finch and
several Common Loons.
Observations made by many raptor-observers over 6 hours on Nov.12
Counters--Doug Lockrey, Jim McGuire
Observers--Rayfield Pye, Ron Pittaway, John Stirrat, Jim Fairchild, Rosemary
Harris, Dan Kaczynski, John Stirrat, Karl Jennewein, Carol Horner, Mark
Ansell, etc.
Day's Count TOTAL
Turkey Vulture 1 2235
Osprey 0 158
Bald Eagle 0 55
N. Harrier 6 213
Sharp-shinned 10 1769
Cooper's 2 159
Northern Goshawk 0 17
Red-shouldered 4 63
Broad-winged 0 974
Red-tailed 672 1475
Rough-legged 6 12
Golden Eagle 2 11
American Kestrel 0 659
Merlin 1 30
Peregrine 0 17
Unidentified 3 80
TOTAL 707 7947
From the west--Exit 401 at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, east
through
Lakeridge Rd., one block to Hall's Rd., south towards the lake, parking
at
the entrance to the south pathway.
From the east--Exit 401 at Brock St. in Whitby, south to Victoria, west
past the Lynde C.A. parking lot to Hall's Rd.--
Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON
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