Alas, we had "reasonable" weather at the Cranberry platform, albeit no
thermals.
Light westerly wind brought 50 or more people to enjoy the hawks and the
non-raptors,
such as 3 FOX SPARROWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, CEDAR WAXWINGS,
PURPLE FINCH, etc.
We had wonderful views of a light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, adult
PEREGRINE FALCON and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
40 migrating raptors for Nov.1--1 Turkey Vulture, 7 Sharp-shinned, 3
Cooper's,
1 N.Goshawk, 21 Red-taileds, 1 Rough-legged, 2 Am.Kestrel, 3 Peregrines,
1 Unidentified raptor----SEE TABLE BELOW
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
SUNDAY, Nov.1/09
Observation time--0900-1400
Official counter- Rayfield Pye
Observers- Dan Kaczynski, Jerry Ball, Greg Stuart, Karl Jennewein, Alex
Dobson,
Joyce Collier-Brown, Doug Lockrey, Don Lloyd, Jim McKnight, Dave Shilman,
Ron Stephenson and many others.
Weather: light W wind; BP=102 rising; TUV=0; 12C
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
---------------------------------Nov.1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------1-------------1--------------------- 3944
Osprey--------------------------0---------------0------------------- 136
Bald Eagle-----------------------0-------------0-------------------- 52
Northern Harrier---------------0-----------------0------------------ 93
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------7----------------7----------------1441
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 3---------------- 3 ------------------95
Northern Goshawk------------ 1----------------1------------------ 15
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 0 -------------------39
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ----------------0 ------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk----------------21--------------21------------------988
Rough-legged Hawk-------------1 ---------------1--------------------6
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 0 --------------------1
American Kestrel------------- 2 ----------------- 2------------------ 479
Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 -------------------34
Peregrine Falcon--------------3 ---------------- 3------------------ 44
Unidentified Accipiter--------- 0 ---------------- 0 ------------------11
Unidentified Buteo------------ 0 ----------------- 0------------------ 25
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 0 -------------------2
Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0------------------ 1
Unidentified Raptor ----------- 1----------------1----------------- 35
TOTAL----------------------40-------------40---------------- 7857
HOURS----------------------5----------------5--------------311.5
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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