Cranberry Marsh
sw Whitby, Ontario, Canada--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep.22 & 23/09
Observation time: 0830-1000EDT & 0800-1300EDT resp.
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey, Geoff Carpentier
Observers: Dan Kaczynski, Jim Skene, Brian Tannahill, Karl Jennewein,
and several visitors.
Weather:
both days--cloudy, humid, hazy
Migrating Raptor Observations: SEE TABLE BELOW
1 + 6 turkey vultures, 1 Sharp-shinned, 2 Cooper's, 1 Red-tailed,
1 Am.Kestrel, 1 + 2 Merlins, 0 + 1 Peregrine.
Non-raptor Observations: YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 2 hummingbirds,
rose-breasted grosbeak, 5 GREAT EGRETS, GREEN HERON, swamp sparrow,
white-throated sparrow, among 47 bird species.
Monarch Butterflies--2; Mourning Cloak-1
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.22,23 Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 1,6 229 243
Osprey 0 64 128
Bald Eagle 0 10 21
Northern Harrier 0 26 39
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1,0 428 455
Cooper's Hawk 0,2 14 23
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 398 411
Red-tailed Hawk 0,1 61 77
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1,0 267 279
Merlin 1,2 18 21
Peregrine Falcon 0,1 13 13
Unknown Accipiter 0 8 8
Unknown Buteo 0 19 23
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 15 16
Total: 18 1557 1744
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Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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