A brisk West wind kept migrating raptors from taking the lakefront route on
Oct.25.
A very special welcome to Charlie Adey, after his 1 month sojourn in
Australia.
At Cranberry we have a good number of "resident" hawks, including 3-4
Red-taileds,
3-4 N.Harriers, 2 Cooper's, 1 Sharp-shinned and 1 N.Goshawk. The latter put
on
quite a show for us today.
Migrating raptors--2 Turkey Vultures, 2 Sharp-shinneds, 1 Cooper's, 1
N.Goshawk,
4 Red-taileds, 1 Am.Kestrel, 2 Merlin, 1 Peregrine falcon. SEE TABLE BELOW
Non-raptors: 5 or more RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, WILSON'S SNIPE, both Yellowlegs,
and FOX SPARROW. YESTERDAY WE HAD A BRIEF VISIT BY OUR FIRST
IN THE FALL AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
SUNDAY, Oct.25/09
Observation time--0800-1200EDT
Official counter- Doug Lockrey
Observers- Rayfield Pye, Les & Jean Sayer, Jim Skene, Dave Shilman, Jim
Munroe,
Joyce Collier-Brown, Karl Jennewein, Charlie Adey and many others.
Weather: medium W wind; BP=101.4 rising; TUV=1; 15C
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.25
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------2-------------2842---------------- 3903
Osprey--------------------------0---------------5------------------- 136
Bald Eagle-----------------------0-------------23-------------------- 53
Northern Harrier---------------0-----------------45------------------ 90
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------2----------------674----------------1428
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 1---------------- 48 ------------------87
Northern Goshawk------------ 1----------------13------------------ 15
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 36 -------------------38
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 ------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk-------------4----------------815------------------948
Rough-legged Hawk---------- 0 ----------------3--------------------3
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 -------------- 1 --------------------1
American Kestrel------------- 1 ------------ 138------------------ 475
Merlin------------------------- 2 ------------10 -------------------32
Peregrine Falcon--------------1 -------------- 18------------------ 41
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----------------------14-------------4694-------------- 7729
HOURS----------------------4----------------102.5---------------287
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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