I wish to thank the very many who helped with the observing and counting during the 2006 Cranberry Marsh Raptor Watch in southwest Whitby. After over 350 hours during 102 days I shall be closing down the official counting on Thursday, Nov.30.
The site locale, the camaraderie, the dedication to learning the jizz of hawks in flight, the non-raptors kept us busy. Although we did not have the likes of a Cave Swallow, Dickcissel, Golden-crowned Sparrow or Gyrfalcon there were plenty of "good" birds to challenge us. The very nearness of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, as well as a juvenile Cooper's Hawk prior to its pouncing on a Red-winged Blackbird, along with many other sightings, kept us happy. With 2 days to go CMRW has "recovered" from 2 low-in-numbers years, with over 8200 migrating raptors-- including a record number of each of BALD EAGLE (57) and OSPREY (158). To date the Rough-legged count has been only 30, and the total for the Broad-winged was below 1000 for the 5th consecutive year. It has been an educational experience for several very keen families. Again I thank those who participated. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 28 18:24:32 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP07.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM (bayc1-pasmtp07.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.167]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D8546347E for <[email protected]>; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:24:32 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [64.229.32.128] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from dianaoffice ([64.229.32.128]) by BAYC1-PASMTP07.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:30:59 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mike Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:24:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Nov 2006 23:31:00.0062 (UTC) FILETIME=[42F8C7E0:01C71345] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch Year End Report 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:24:32 -0000 Hi; This years Migration was a very good year,in fact a record year for our site!We increased our count by over 100% over previous years.At this time I would like to thank Dennis Barry,Margaret Carney,Betsy Smith &Martin Bence when on a whim they decided to check out our site Sept.20/06 only to be rewarded with over 8,500 Broad-Wings passing over the site.I only wish I could have been there with them!I would also like to thank the rare visitors we did have join us.Our total Raptor Migration for 2006 came to 12,326.Average birds per hr. with BW included = 102, without the BW tally just over 23 birds per hr. with 122 hrs. of observation still a very good year. Red Tails up T.Vultures up & Golden Eagles up. On behalf of myself,Martin Bence & Graham Nord have a great holiday season & good birding in 2007! Cheers; Mike Williamson
