Cranberry Marsh
sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
Tuesday, Sep.15/09
Observation time: 0800-1300EDT
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey, Jim Skene
Observers: Jim Skene, Dan Kaczynski, Karl Jennewein, Jean Iron,
Steve Wood, Joyce Collier-Brown, John Stirrat, Greg Stuart
and 10+ others
Weather:
sunny; light-medium N winds, Bar.pr.101.4 rising, TUV=2, 22C
Uncertainty reigned from 0800 to 0930EDT; then small kettles of
Broad-wingeds appeared in
the east. For the next 3 hours we were challenged by the clear blue sky, and
the hawks were
coming in on several flight paths-- 293 Broad-wingeds were counted.
This was our first day with a reasonable BW count.
2 BALD EAGLES came through-- a 3rd yr. at 1007, an adult at 1120.
Migrating Raptor Observations:
26 turkey vulture, 1 Osprey, 2 Bald eagles, 1 N.Harrier, 97 Sharp-shinned,
293 Broad-winged,
7 Red-tailed, 72 Am.Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Unidentifieds.
Non-raptor Observations: very few--marsh wren, 6+ hummingbirds,
black-&-white warbler,
Am.redstart, rose-breasted grosbeak, 2 GREAT EGRETS, common yellowthroat,
catbird, cedar waxwings, red-breasted nuthatch, among others.
Monarch Butterflies--5
From the 401 eastbound, exit at Salem Rd. in Ajax, south to Bayly, then
east through LakeRidge Rd. to the first street beyond--Hall's Rd.--south
toward the lake to the second roadside parking area.
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Raptor Species Sep.15 Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 26 92 106
Osprey 1 55 119
Bald Eagle 2 7 18
Northern Harrier 1 17 30
Sharp-shinned Hawk 97 362 389
Cooper's Hawk 0 8 17
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 293 360 373
Red-tailed Hawk 7 24 40
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 72 233 245
Merlin 1 9 12
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 2 7 11
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 12 13
Total: 502 1198 1385
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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