Sunny skies and slight W wind brought very few migratring raptors on both
Oct.19 & 20
at Cranberry Marsh RW.
Non-raptors included FOX SPARROW, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL,
EASTERN PHOEBE, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, BROWN CREEPER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
TUESDAY, Oct.20/09
Observation time--0800-11EDT
Official counter- Doug Lockrey
Observers- Alan Woods, Dan Kaczynski, Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Ron
Stephenson,
Alf Lisk, Paul McGee, J Lewchyshyn
Weather: light W wind; BP=101.8 rising; TUV=0.5; 10 to 14C
Migrating raptors: SEE TABLE BELOW
Non-raptor observations (SEE ABOVE): Some of them-- several Juncos,
Eastern Phoebe,
several RUSTY BLACKBIRDs, Virginia rail, FOX SPARROW
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.
Raptor species-------------Day Total--------Month Total-------Season Total
-----------------------------Oct.19/20
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------0
Turkey Vulture-------------12/0-------------2840--------------- 3901
Osprey---------------------0-------------------5----------------- 136
Bald Eagle-----------------0------------------23------------------ 53
Northern Harrier------------0-----------------42------------------ 87
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------0/1-----------671----------------1425
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0------------- 47 ------------------87
Northern Goshawk------------ 0-------------11------------------ 13
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 ----------- 36 -------------------38
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ------------- 0 --------------416
Red-tailed Hawk-------------2/6-------------800--------------- 933
Rough-legged Hawk---------- 3/0 ------------3------------------ 3
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 -------------- 1 ----------------1
American Kestrel------------- 0/1 ------------ 138------------- 475
Merlin------------------------- 1/0 ------------7 ---------------29
Peregrine Falcon-------------- 0 ----------- 15---------------- 38
Unidentified Accipiter--------- 0 -------------- 2 ----------------10
Unidentified Buteo------------ 0 --------------- 3---------------- 26
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 --------------- 1 -----------------2
Unidentified Eagle-------------0-------------- 1----------------- 1
Unidentified Raptor ----------- 0---------------16--------------- 34
TOTAL---------------------- 98/92----------4662------------ 7707
HOURS----------------------5/3-------------84.5-------------269
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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