Thursday's NW winds and cloud-cover spelled 519 migrating raptors over 8 hours. Many of the birds flew in low. Then Friday--the N wind was great, but the clear blue sky made it difficult to spot the very high-flying hawks-- we had to concentrate to identify, managing to ID 191 over the first 4 hours.
.Below are the totals for Sep.9, Sep.10 and overall since Aug.23: turkey vulture 6 , 3 , 16 osprey 25 , 3 , 87 bald eagle 9 , 7 , 28 n.harrier 2 , 1 , 17 sharp-shinned 318 , 105 , 510 Cooper's 4 , 8 , 23 broad-winged 13 , 28 , 78 red-tailed 3 , 3 , 8 Am. kestrel 125 , 16 , 179 merlin 4 , 2 , 13 peregrine 6 , 0 , 11 unidentified 3 , 13 , 25 total 519 , 189 , 964 Very many Monarchs were noted, along with 2 or 3 dragonfly spp. >From the west along Victoria St, in sw Whitby, 1 block east of Lakeridge Rd. to Hall's Rd.--south toward the lakefront, parking in the second roadside parking area. Doug Lockrey, coordinator CMRW _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
