Alas, we had medium NW winds and rising BP, BUT there were no thermals.
over 4.5 hrs. 14 Red-taileds came through.
Among non-raptors were: 100 SNOW BUNTINGS, a Brown Creeper,
Hairy Woodpecker, House Finch. On the wetland's water--1 Red-necked Grebe.
----SEE TABLE BELOW for the raptors.
Cranberry Marsh, sw Whitby, ON--south roadside parking area on Hall's Rd.
MONDAY, Nov.16/09
Observation time--0900-1300, 1400-1500
Official counters- Doug Lockrey, Jim McKnight
Observers- Karl Jennewein, Jim Skene, Ron Stephenson, Charlie Adey, Gerry
Ball,
Alan Woods, Dan Kaczynski
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
---------------------------------Nov16
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Vulture--------------------0---------------0----------------------0
Turkey Vulture------------------0----------------21------------------3964
Osprey--------------------------0---------------1-------------------- 137
Bald Eagle-----------------------0---------------3-------------------- 55
Northern Harrier---------------1-----------------12------------------ 105
Sharp-shinned Hawk----------6----------------56-------------------1490
Cooper's Hawk--------------- 4----------------25 -------------------117
Northern Goshawk------------ 0---------------8---------------------- 22
Red-shouldered Hawk---------0 --------------- 6 ---------------------45
Broad-winged Hawk---------- 0 ---------------0 --------------------416
Red-tailed Hawk---------------14--------------331-------------------1298
Rough-legged Hawk------------0 ---------------13--------------------18
Golden Eagle------------------ 0 ---------------- 2 ---------------------3
American Kestrel------------- 0 -----------------5 ------------------ 482
Merlin------------------------- 0 --------------0 ---------------------34
Peregrine Falcon--------------0 ---------------- 6--------------------- 47
Unidentified Accipiter---------0 ---------------- 1 ---------------------12
Undentified Buteo------------0 -----------------5-----------------------30
Unidentified Falcon----------- 0 ----------------- 1 ----------------------3
Unidentified Eagle-------------0------------------ 0--------------------- 1
Unidentified Raptor -----------0----------------3----------------- -----37
TOTALS--------------------25---------------499--------------------8316
HOURS----------------------5---------------63.5----------------370
Doug Lockrey-- coordinator CMRW, Whitby, ON
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