Threatening weather and no thermals allowed 5 of us to get in some good
birding at Cranberry
during the AM hours, before the rain came.
For 5 minutes a young N.Harrier harassed a Peregrine and a local Cooper's
sitting in the same
tree.
ONLY 4 MIGRATING RAPTORS CAME THROUGH--SEE TABLE BELOW.
Non-raptors included GREATER YELLOWLEGS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER,
NORTHERN SHRIKE, AMERICAN BITTERN, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 3 AM.PIPITS,
2500 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and many others.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
WEDNESDAY, Oct.21/09
Observation time--0800-11, 1200-1300EDT
Official counter- Geoff Carpentier
Observers- Alan Woods, Dan Kaczynski, Karl Jennewein, Doug Lockrey
Weather: light E wind; BP=102.1 rising; TUV=0; 10 to 12C
Migrating raptors: SEE TABLE BELOW
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.21
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------0-------------2840--------------- 3901
Osprey--------------------------0---------------5----------------- 136
Bald Eagle-----------------------0-------------23------------------ 53
Northern Harrier---------------1-----------------41------------------ 86
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------0----------------671----------------1425
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 0---------------- 47 ------------------86
Northern Goshawk------------ 0----------------11------------------ 13
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 36 -------------------38
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 ------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk-------------1----------------801--------------- 934
Rough-legged Hawk---------- 0 ----------------3------------------ 3
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 -------------- 1 ----------------1
American Kestrel------------- 0 ------------ 137------------- 474
Merlin------------------------- 1 ------------8 ---------------30
Peregrine Falcon--------------1 -------------- 16---------------- 39
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---------------------- 4-------------4663------------ 7708
HOURS----------------------4----------------91---------------275.5
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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