Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario--south down Hall's Rd. from Victoria
St.
Sep 18 & 19 were very slow days for migrating hawks along the Lake Ontario
shoreline
Weather: full sun; light S wind; falling BP; TUV=2/1
Raptor Observations: On both mornings a local and a migrating Peregrine Falcon
passed through low, giving the photographers great views.
Non-raptor Observations: rose-breasted grosbeak, Am.pipits(75+),wood ducks,
yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper, 5 great egrets, Wilson's warbler, Wilson's
snipe, c. yellowthroat, palm warbler, 3 black-bellied plovers, Bonaparte's
gull; one of the egrets had a red leg-band--impossible to read its number.
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18 & 19, 2007
Observation time: from 0800 to 1100 EST both days
Official Counters: Doug Lockrey, Geoff Carpentier
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, King Baker, Jim Skene, Jody Melanson, Harry Kerr, Jim
Griffiths
Visitors: many local visitors and photographers.
Species Sep 18 & 19 Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6 81 83
Osprey 2 97 132
Bald Eagle 0 17 19
Northern Harrier 0 62 68
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 1200 1218
Cooper's Hawk 0 17 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3134 3148
Red-tailed Hawk 2 62 70
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 378 412
Merlin 1 16 18
Peregrine Falcon 2 8 8
Unknown 0 26 32
Total: 28 5098 5228
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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